Recent content by Mopar Vince

We had a great time on this cruise from San Jose to Woodside California. All total we put about 200 miles on #projectvertfish. It was a 75 degree day doing 75 mph with the top down enjoying the California sun. Hope y'all enjoy the videos. https://photos.app.goo.gl/LJE5aWcNwmSf47bE9

The school of fish saga continues. To recap. My young neighbor bought a derelict 68 fastback cuda that I had tried to buy from the long time owner several times with no success. His car had been sitting for 20+ years with a blown head gasket and a broken rear window. So now after installing some...

200 + miles yesterday in #projectvertfish without a single hiccup. It was a beautiful 80 degree day on the central California coast. My young 21 year old friend Emmy had never been in a muscle car much less driven anything with 500 hp. Needless to say he's already planning to start saving to...

So like many, I decided I wanted a bolt down fiberglass hood on #projectvertfish, my 67 Barracuda convertible. In my case, the AAR hood from VFN. Love it or hate it; doesn't matter to me. It's my car and I dig it. Anyways... Also like many, I decided to just release the tension from my steel...

After "suffering" many months with just a Bluetooth speaker in #projectvertfish, I finally put out some cash to install a sound system that I could actually hear at 75 mph and the top down. I had done the mad electrical ammeter bypass (Catalog) and installed a 60 amp Denso style internally...

Should I be worried about the excessive smoke at the rear of #projectvertfish? Alignment issue maybe? https://photos.app.goo.gl/EADKREXMbevHwhsc8

I'm using this radiator from engineered cooling 22" Mopar BIG BLOCK HD Aluminum Radiator - Dual Fans And Aluminum Shroud and a milodon high flow water pump so I'm not sure fluid is an issue, but maybe.

Stable at just under 200

Yes, restrictive exhaust? Yes, lean? 195-ish ok then?

Most of the Mopars I've owned that have had cooling issues were the "gets hot idling in traffic" type. But #projectvertfish has something different. My BPE 408 runs great and stays cool (180 degrees) at idle and around town but climbs to 195-200 degrees at extended periods at 75 mph or above...

Now THIS is why I love this forum. Thanks

But that's where the missus keeps the $ I get to spend on mopar parts and guns.

A friend sent me info on this cruise from San Jose to the "world famous" Pebble Beach 17 mile drive. I don't do Facebook so it was just a screen shot of the info. Well it sounded like a good test for the car as it would be freeway, city, stop and go and idling, so we decided to go. So at 7am, we...