edelbrock vers mopar alluminum heads

hi guys...

thanks for all the intel and suggestions. i've thought about putting a 408 in this car, however, a lot of folks don't think strokers are very good for a street car. i'm only wanting to build a mid-12 street car - not a racer. my first factory 4 speed cuda (in 1969) ran a 1/4 best of 12.29 with around 18k miles, factory 340, schaifer clutch, hurst "competition plus w/reverse lock out, 3.91 gear, edelbrock "high rise" manifold, holley 750 dp, open hooker "fender-well" headers and "street slicks." you could power-shift that car all night long at 6k. i'm basically recreating that car in the fish i currently own.

i will probably go with the edelbrock "power plus" package of heads and matching manifold and bolt a 750 holley to it. i have been unable to find anyone selling the original spec cam that came in the 68 4 speed car so i'm having one custom ground. i am going to add roller rockers. i won't be taking a sawz-all to the fender wells on my current car so i'll be going with hooker under chassis headers. these cars are worth too much now to start cutting up original fender wells. i've already installed the 3.91. i've been posting some of the resto pics here on FABO under my screen name "jimharvard." and the body work is being done "old school" with lead fixing the few small rust holes and the original "turbine bronze" being done in acrylac laquer. when done, this car will be a recreation of the formula s on the 1968 "new cars from Plymouth" sales brochure. as a final point, the car will also be an options nut dream. options it will have will be: 3.91 gear; delux black interior with console; 4 speed; power stearing; power disc brakes; rear window air blower defroster; hood turn signal indicators; AM/FM radio; and last but not least, the very rare (and yes pretty odd) red plastic wheel well liners. as a mid-life crisis project, i have built the barracuda i would have ordered if i had been some rich kid with a dad with more money than brains buying "his boy" a car for the high school prom.

i'll keep posting on FABO.

thanks again, and please continue to comment anything you like.

jim coster, pittsburgh, pa