-----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 19:40 To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: TRS-80 fever on ebay?! In a message dated 1/6/2003 7:05:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, jcwren(a)jcwren.com writes: << I have a '74 Barracuda that's being restored. The original 283 was tossed out into the dirt by the previous owner, and a 440 dropped in. During the restoration, I found a cracked piston skirt, so I had the engine rebuilt. We're looking for some adapter plates to put it on the dyno, but the desktop calculation says 475 HP at the crank. >> Actually, the original engine would have been a 318, maybe a 340. There was a 273, but was not in production in 1974. -- Antique Computer Virtual Museum www.nothingtodo.org

In a message dated 1/6/2003 7:05:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, jcwren(a)jcwren.com writes: << I have a '74 Barracuda that's being restored. The original 283 was tossed out into the dirt by the previous owner, and a 440 dropped in. During the restoration, I found a cracked piston skirt, so I had the engine rebuilt. We're looking for some adapter plates to put it on the dyno, but the desktop calculation says 475 HP at the crank. >> Actually, the original engine would have been a 318, maybe a 340. There was a 273, but was not in production in 1974.