1969 Plymouth Barracuda. 'Cuda 440
clone. Many vintage Direct Connection parts including: BB K-frame
and torsion bars, windage tray and hardware and chrome engine trim
parts. Big pattern 1/2" lug wheels with front discs ,Yukon axles,
Roadrunner drums on an 8.75" rear with stock snubber, 3.91 Richmond
gears, all shod with old-school 15" Centerlines & Firestone 500
radials. Coil-over High-Jacker shocks, BB torsion bars and BB-"S"
leaf springs.
3/8" SS fuel line feeds a high
volume Carter mechanical pump and Holley 850 DP carb wearing a K&N
3"x14" filter with X-Stream top filter atop an Edelbrock Air-Gap
manifold. Mopar Performance electronic ignition with vacuum and
mechanical advance, Jacobs 8mm. silicon/ceramic plug wires. 90 amp.
alternator with a 5" pulley, 4" crank pulley and electronic
regulator. 26", 4-row Mopar radiator with 2 - 12" electric fans, CSR
electric water pump with 180 thermal switch for both. 180F.
thermostat drilled with 4- 3/16" bleed holes with a ss. water neck.
Heater and AC delete. 030." over bored 440 with lots of light
weight and aluminum parts, battery in trunk. 9.2 TRW hyperutetic
pistons with Grant rings on 6-Pac rods. Forged MPP crank, Clevite 77
bearings, MPP double roller chain, Comp Extreme Energy 272 cam &
lifters all balanced to .5 grams. MMP chrome molly rockers, springs,
retainers and push rods. 2.14"/1.81" back-cut, ss. valves in
home-ported 346 heads. HP (B/E body) cast exhaust manifolds, 2.5"
pipes into dual Cherry Bombs.
Ram 11" clutch & pressure plate in
front of an 833 4-speed modified to .73 overdrive 4th. gear. NASCAR
S.W. Speed, 3" drive shaft. Paint is Diamont, (Mustang Limelite
metallic) almost exactly same as original color). Interior
green/white stock. Black carpet stock instruments and no radio.
It goes like stink!
Marc Judson - Northridge, California |