Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

1967 'cuda said

I'm hoping that it stays streetable. One of the reasons we've been keeping in touch with Mike at MRL is because of his reputation for building high HP street motors that don't grenade on you. We know he values his reputation and considers reliability when he configures an engine for every horse he can. That having been said, I have to wonder if this thing will be too much to handle. I guess the more power you get used to the more power you want. The 520 that my 408 produces seems pretty tame to me now.

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Try the boosted Viper world!!!! 1000 hp to the wheels is the norm. After you drive a bunch of them, the 500 hp stockers seem like turds. Then you get in the daily driver, omg!!! It's never enough. After a while, you get used to it. You're buddy you're giving a ride to is scared shitless. You are just on a Sunday cruise. lol

John, it's well worth the few hundred bucks to have somebody tune over the phone/internet. Couple-three hours you're done. If the tuner has a lot of experience, that's a piece of mind. Blown up a few thought I could do. It is soooo easy to do, one minor mis-calculation...... oh well, pull engine, start over. Get sick of that scenario after a while. :burnout: Add to that the occasional bad gas scenario, just magnifies the "mis-tune" problem. Before you know it, you have some other issues that pop up and chase your tail trying to find an issue that should have never been there cuz you thought you could tune it yourself.................
Just words of wisdom here. I can build it, take it apart, transform it, but leave the tuning to the experts. That's their specialty. :glasses7: