Performance mixed with fuel economy!?

@12many , good book.


Last December I picked up a 1969 Barracuda fastback, original 340 car; fender tag, build sheet gone, so no documentation that is a formula S as the seller claimed. The 340 was gone, has a 360 that doesn't run. I've been trying to get it to run but no luck. I had dreamed of building a 340 someday. BUT. With the way the world is going, especially gas prices, I'm considering picking up a 318 instead. The rear end has 3.55 gears and is a posi. (Both wheels spin the same direction off the floor). What do you guys think? Anybody in the same boat?
In my ‘79 Dodge Magnum, thanks was able to get 20 MPG’s. 2.76 rear gear though. If I was in your socks, going with a manual, and had the money, I’d look for a 5spd manual trans and work the math on the final gear ratio once your in overdrive. A very mild cam and best but free breathing intake and exhaust to a long way even on a stock engine.