318\a904 swap in 65 barracuda
they are the 9 inchers, to be honest the car wont be a racecar or anything but im not going to go around racing the thing, car probably wont see the road for alteast another year anyways..
Going from a 225,if that's what you have;to a 318;You're gonna be nearly tripling the torque and doubling the power, at a minimum. So saying yur not gonna race it ............................. well, let's just say;power is addictive.
And anyway, like I said, when the wheel keeps on rolling, while yur car comes crashing down on the pavement, that is not a happy time. It usually takes out the fender on it's way out. And then you still have to pray your wheel doesn't take somebody else out too.
Look, I may not be the unluckiest guy in the world but I have only had three 9" set ups in over 50 years of driving, and only two of 'em broke a spindle. One I broke, and the other I bought broken, and both were slanty cars.
That is a failure rate of 2/6 or 33%. Both of the Barracudas were very low mileage; I acquired one in 77 just before I got married, and the other a year later.
I got lucky in that mine broke at UNDER 30 mph.Just driving down the road minding my own business. I slowed down for a corner, and mid turn, I got the surprise of my life. By the way, when a front drum is not there, the front brakes do not work. But it really doesn't matter that much, cuz the corner that goes down, does a lotta the braking for you.
