Blue Brick

Mosley, that is a beautiful color and wheel combo on your Barracuda.
Joe, good to see you in the thread.

Plans are changing a little bit. I was planning on converting to an 833 but I am not happy with available ratios in the 23 spline box and the 18 spline box with Passon’s 4 speed overdrive Hemi box puts doing the 4 speed conversion into the T56 price point. I’ve been in contact with Ariel Alvarez and will be going through him to get all necessary parts to do the 6 speed. It will greatly expand the car’s range thus expanding enjoyment.

I have ordered Dr. Diff’s Viper brake kit and ordered the 03+ calipers from Viper Parts Rack. It was the cheapest price on the internet and they threw in a free set of pads.

I went to the Fall Fling in Van Nuys and bought almost a complete interior and had a great Father Son day with my 6 year old. He got some Hot Wheels and really enjoyed seeing all the car parts and tools in the swap meet and cars in the show. He could play with tools all day. I bought him a rubber mallet to satisfy him (and I need one anyway). He promised me I could borrow it anytime I wanted.
After a conversation at the Fling I will be reconsidering purchasing the Hotchkis TVS. I’ve been looking at other offerings from Bergman. Also, I’m trying to figure out a way to keep my manual box. It might be a combination of EPAS/ Firm Feel 16:1 manual box rebuild kit or 20:1 stock rebuild with a 2:1 Howe quickener making it 10:1. I would like to stay away from hydraulically assisted steering if I can.

I will be tearing the 318 down to a short block and putting new gaskets on and putting on a Milodon road race pan, pick up and windage tray. Found out the Edelbrock heads are ported. Probably going with FITech on it. I do have a Procharged 408 in a cuda that I will eventually use but I want to go na with it and it will need pistons, cam, and lifters. The 408 is on the back burner and I’ll just be freshening up the mystery 318.


Much more floating around in my head but these are the things I will be taking action on this week.