My first big drive after getting the Barracuda back on the road.

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My first big drive after getting the Barracuda back on the road.

Finally, I had a chance to show off my car to people that had only heard me talk about it.

I drove the Barracuda to work, 74 mile round trip. It ran fantastic! I wasn't sure about my combo because of the large solid roller strangled by a stock intake, stock exhaust manifolds (backed by 2.5" TTI pipes) and a factory 625 AVS.

But let me tell you, I does everything I need it to do and sounds great at the same time.

The E70-14 Bias Plys still suck but that's the tire not the car.

80psi cold oil pressure, 60psi hot on the highway. Runs at 180 degrees even in traffic or idling at a light (original radiator, stock replacement clutch, mopar performance 5 blade fan, factory shroud, NAPA reman AC water pump, 180 stat), AC condenser in front of radiator.

I had some issues with vibration (through the entire car) and an over stiff rear suspension that I corrected last week. It made me nervous about heading out of town. Turned out to be my rear shocks. When I removed the SS springs and switched to XHD springs (also flipped the front hanger), I hadn't realized that shocks installed were longer than stock. The rear shocks were bottomed out 100% of the time. Basically, the only rear suspension I had was my tire side wall.

All the vibration went away after correcting the shock length, allowing my rear suspension to work as it should.

Getting a car back on the road is one thing. Getting a car to where you are confident that you can drive it anywhere you want to go, is another.

This car will get me wherever I want to go and in any traffic. That's a good feeling.
 
Nice, glad to see you got it out, running and running good! Looks good beside the wire's??/wifes dart
 
wow, so you really do work on cars! Just busting your chops! Congratulations dude....that is one fine ride.
 
Congrat-a-mundo!! I love that car, the color looks great, the stripe looks great with that color, and the dogdish do it for me!! Glad to hear its back on the road, I think longer and longer trips are certainly right around the corner as you get reacquainted with the car, and its going to need to "wear in" a little too!! Have fun and enjoy that rockin Cuda!! Geof
 
Put some real tires on it and enjoy it even more! Save the bias plys for show. Enjoy the heck out of it now that it's mobile again!
 
Put some real tires on it and enjoy it even more! Save the bias plys for show. Enjoy the heck out of it now that it's mobile again!

I solved the bias ply problem. I just went and got a box of these.
 

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