'65 Barracuda Project
It's not much of an update, but I figured I should at least touch this thread once during this calendar year.
As stated above, this is a slow, go-as-I-can-afford build. Two months ago I purchased my first big piece of the upgrade. It's an 8.8" 31-spline axle out of a '98 Ford Explorer. Disc brakes!
Up next is the 383 I bought...well at least I thought it was a 383. Turns out that externally, 383's and 400 BB's are 100% identical. It wasn't until I got the engine out of the cramped storage it was in, and into my garage that I was able to see the casting numbers and realize that the "383" the PO sold me was actually a 400. Oh well, hoping I can do something with this:
It's not much of an update, but I figured I should at least touch this thread once during this calendar year.
As stated above, this is a slow, go-as-I-can-afford build. Two months ago I purchased my first big piece of the upgrade. It's an 8.8" 31-spline axle out of a '98 Ford Explorer. Disc brakes!
Up next is the 383 I bought...well at least I thought it was a 383. Turns out that externally, 383's and 400 BB's are 100% identical. It wasn't until I got the engine out of the cramped storage it was in, and into my garage that I was able to see the casting numbers and realize that the "383" the PO sold me was actually a 400. Oh well, hoping I can do something with this:
