Making My Dads Dream a Reality
My dad (One in the green) just passed away on April 13th at age 65 two days before my birthday. It was always his dream to travel Route 66 in his 66 Baracudda. Due to his health and money we never got to make that trip happen.
I am trying to put a list together of things I should do to the car before taking such a trip. The car is pretty much stock when it comes to brakes, suspension, lighting, and so fourth. In preparation for this trip we were able to have the wiring upgraded for vintage air, all front end bushings and tie rods replaced.
Any help or suggestion will be greatly appreciated! So I can start planning in hopes of doing this trip in the near future or next year depending on some life changes. The car does have a original rebuilt 904 in it with a 318 with 360 heads engine.
If anyone remembers this used to be Glow Worms car from the board.
Motor Specs from Glow Worm
Engine from Mike Liston (MRL PERFORMANCE) 318 is now in the car.
The engine started as a 1978 block. Balance and blueprinted. It was bored .020 over and Mopar Performance pistons/H beam rods were installed. A Comp cam (20-309-4 268/276 duration, 222/226 @ .050 lift and .464 I/E set to 112* ICL 110* LSA) was installed.
Mike was the first person to install 360 Magnum heads on an old 318 block. The heads are bowl ported and gasket matched with 2.02/1.60 valves. The compression is 9.25 to 1. It has a Mopar Performance windage tray/double roller timing chain and gears
It came from Mike's with a Edelbrock RPM Air Gap intake manifold. I installed a 600 CFM Edelbrock Endurashine carburetor, Spitfire headers, Billet aluminum pulleys, Mopar Orange Box electronic ignition, chrome alternator, and chrome flex fan. A new water pump was also installed. Mike still has the build records. He estimates the car to be somewhere around 375 HP/375 torque. In his words: "It is putting out similar horsepower as a 70's factory 440.
I am trying to put a list together of things I should do to the car before taking such a trip. The car is pretty much stock when it comes to brakes, suspension, lighting, and so fourth. In preparation for this trip we were able to have the wiring upgraded for vintage air, all front end bushings and tie rods replaced.
Any help or suggestion will be greatly appreciated! So I can start planning in hopes of doing this trip in the near future or next year depending on some life changes. The car does have a original rebuilt 904 in it with a 318 with 360 heads engine.
If anyone remembers this used to be Glow Worms car from the board.
Motor Specs from Glow Worm
Engine from Mike Liston (MRL PERFORMANCE) 318 is now in the car.
The engine started as a 1978 block. Balance and blueprinted. It was bored .020 over and Mopar Performance pistons/H beam rods were installed. A Comp cam (20-309-4 268/276 duration, 222/226 @ .050 lift and .464 I/E set to 112* ICL 110* LSA) was installed.
Mike was the first person to install 360 Magnum heads on an old 318 block. The heads are bowl ported and gasket matched with 2.02/1.60 valves. The compression is 9.25 to 1. It has a Mopar Performance windage tray/double roller timing chain and gears
It came from Mike's with a Edelbrock RPM Air Gap intake manifold. I installed a 600 CFM Edelbrock Endurashine carburetor, Spitfire headers, Billet aluminum pulleys, Mopar Orange Box electronic ignition, chrome alternator, and chrome flex fan. A new water pump was also installed. Mike still has the build records. He estimates the car to be somewhere around 375 HP/375 torque. In his words: "It is putting out similar horsepower as a 70's factory 440.
