Left for Dead 68 Barracuda Buildup

I think you could but not positive on this. Rules say stock engine location. I just chose not to on this build.
Although it would be easier I'm sure, I like the look of a Hemi on the stock mounts. Gives a more primitive and streetable vibe.
The modified production class was based on a dual purpose car that could be driven to the track and swap on some slicks. And by building to mimick a 1973 time period I thought
better to not go with the elephant ears.
I will be staying away from the more modern track only car stuff. No trick sheet metal intakes or msds, it is a real dinosaur.
Brass radiator, very sparce stainless braid only on oil lines, minimalist roll bar, can be bolt in.
Stock dash with a few old Stewart Warners added. Basically a
street brawler built with only hot rod parts you could get at the time.
The beauty of this class for me is you had to use a stock unmodified body but the engines had less restrictions than the SS class.
You were allowed to put a pro stock engine in a street car and go racing then drive it home.
I will be getting into more detail soon on the engine mounting.
I will be using a very early milodon dual line pan. It is deeper than the pans sold today. The headers also hang very low. This is just before dry sumps and lencos became common and the cars still were set up high like the super stocks.
Slot mag wheels were still being used some even in prostock.
4-speeds were the name of the game.
I am a fanatic about all of these early and obsolete speed parts that get passed over by most at the swap meets.
I want to see how fast I can go on this old stuff.
I anticipate the car will be a handful going down a track.
I honestly really don't believe any tracks will let me run it without many many safety updates. For me this defeats
the purpose of building a vintage race car if it isn't completely
vintage throughout. So chances are this will only see limited
street miles on race gas.
Very old school by design.
12.5-13 to 1 compression forged pistons
1971 Prostock aluminum heads
426 cubic inches. Iron 68 block
Kellogg crank and NASCAR rods
Stock wide pad rockers
Accel dual distributor
Direct Connection crank trigger
Twin gold box ignitions and chrome race coils
Yellow solid core accel plug wires
Very early Holley dominator carbs on Weiand tunnelram
The list goes on but that gives you the feel of how it was done in the early 70s.
I am dying to get this engine fit in the car.