Need Opinions. Have nothing to compare to.

Hi Guys,

I posted on this yesterday in my restoration thread, but thought it might make more sense to post here.

I have a '67 Barracuda I am working on. My restoration thread will show what all I have done to it, so I won't repeat here. Basically, the motor was in it and running good when I bought it. I put the transmission back in and got the suspension and steering back in line. I took it to a local shop and had them put it on the chassis dyno and look for best carb and timing settings.

Outcome was that I am getting 254hp and 340+ft/lbs to the wheels. It drives pretty good, but it just seems a little lazy and needs woken up a bit. I hate to say it, but I have no idea what is in the motor. Like I said. It was in the car, ran good, and I got it for what I believe to be a good price after looking at others. Previous owner couldn't find his folder of receipts, and could just tell me they "Did some work to the motor and put a Competition Cam in it".

Specs I know:
1977 400, 906 heads, Speed Demon 750, Tri-Y headers, Magnaflow 2 1/4" exhaust
A833 4spd, 8 3/4 Suregrip 3:23 - 245/60R14 Radial T/A's in back (25.6" Diameter from what I've seen on tire charts)

I really have nothing to compare to determine if I should be happy with the output for this cruiser, or if there are some little things I could do to wake it up a bit. This is a "For Fun" car that I'm driving and enjoying while most of my money goes into the rebuilding of my Charger. That means I've got SOME budget, but somewhat limited.

I'm planning to do a compression check of all the cylinders. I know that won't tell me the compression ratio, but it will tell me how even the motor is from cylinder to cylinder, and tell me how much air I'm moving and if I'm low, like 110psi or doing ok, like 150 - 160psi. It wouldn't hurt to pull the heads off and see where the top of the piston is from the top of the block so we can look at CR, but that's hard to justify when it is running good. Maybe a good winter project though!.

Wondering where you guys would go with this car? Leave it where it is and just enjoy it while redoing my Charger (Then build it up more)? Or is there things I could do that would immediately help perk it up. I do have a set of 915 heads I could swap in to get a bit of a CR boost.

Mark