Which engine?

Thank you for your service!!


Correct me where I get it wrong...........Barracuda #1 has engine , tranny, rear end, already installed, new brakes, some disassembly. Barracuda #2 has no engine, or transmission installed, and in need of further body work.

I vote for putting Barracuda #1 back together and drive it, it's a work in process, but its moving!!

Barracuda #2 sounds like it's got possibilities of it's own.........since you don't have the original "Commando" engine, anything you put in, is an improvement. To "look" like a Commando is valve covers and air cleaner, 98% of the population would never know that it is not a Commando engine. That level of camouflage can get you a long ways, it opens up the possibility of a 318, 340, or 360. If, you wanted to build an honest Commando clone 273, you would need any 66 model year and newer 273, the Hi-Po pistons (Egge Machine, or Kanter Auto), factory 4 bbl cast iron intake, 2 years to choose from, 1966, 1967. Cautionary notes: there are no such thing as "Commando" cylinder heads, they are the same as the 2 bbl heads, there is nothing special about the cylinder blocks, crank shafts, connecting rods, so don't fall for the BS!

Have fun!