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Not really taking sides, as I like both motors, but in the sixties, Hot Rod Magazine dyno tested a 340 and a 383. Note that this was not the magnum 383, just the 383 four barrel motor that had a milder cam than the 340. Both made the same 280 hp stock. Modified, the 383 made more with similar...

Well, I'm gonna have to try that. I've never run 12s, would like to at least once with the motor I have. Got one more engine I want to build before I croak, incorporating what I've learned since I put together this one 35 years ago. Collecting parts now. We'll see how it goes.

On a warm May evening at a strip near Valdosta, Georgia, I ran my street driven 67 Barracuda for the first time in probably twenty years. It almost made it into the 12's. My grandson was there with his 550 hp Vega bracket racer. He races a lot, and was track champion in his class at his home...

I agree, but would point out that the comment you are replying to is not mine. The Duster 360 I got the motor and trans out of for my 67 Barracuda to replace its slant six should never have been junked. It had a good, solid, straight body and was all there before a fellow North Ga Mopar club...

It's the Mopar Performance 761 cam, gross duration is 270/272, lift is .450/.455. I've seen strange figures for the lift at fifty for MP cams, because MP just muliplied the gross duration by .85 to get a duration at .050. I think the real duration at fifty is something like 222 on the intake...

I've seen that, but it makes no sense that a 71 340 would make five less net hp than a low compression 72 340.

By the way, that was 5 more than the 72-73 340s. I've always suspected that the 275 horse rating for the early high compression 340s was actually a net hp rating, but of course I could be wrong.

After I blew up my 65 Barracuda's original Commando 273 in November of 1972 (at app. 150K), I put in a 340 from a wrecked 72 Charger. Low compression motor (8.5 to one), 240 net hp. Previous owner had a 3310 Holley on the original Thermoquad intake manifold. That mis-matched setup fell on its...

Sure, but the fact is that the Commando 273 had significantly less net hp than the gross rating. BTW, the concept of net hp has been around at least since 1955. Chevrolet published gross and net ratings for its then new OHV V8. This graph is from a 1955 issue of Hot Rod Magazine. Power Pack...

What was the fastest accelerating vehicle in 1978? Little Red Express pickup with essentially the same motor as the 74 hi-po 360. The really dog 360s not only had the low compression ratio, but retarded timing, wimpy cam, lean carbs and then catalytic converters. They had way less than 200...

Well, you are comparing net hp to gross hp.

The 74 hi-po 360 had 245 net hp. Don't recall the torque.

That's what's in my red 65 Barracuda (#22)

Cragar has had different owners over the years. For a while, the chrome wasn't very good, especially around the lug nuts, where it would peel off. The last three sets I've bought (two A bodies and one B body) have had very good chrome, no peeling. Lug nuts were OK, too. Who knows about...

My 49 Dodge has a little thumbwheel you have to unscrew to allow you to move the vent lever and open the wing vent. And my 56 Plymouth and 59 Dodge have the button you have to push to unlock the vent lever. But I don't recall ever noticing that the 67 Barracuda's lever is different than the...

I managed to use a 904 column linkage for several years on the 727 in my 67 Barracuda, but it was a tight fit and every now and then when manually shifting, it would shift from low to second a somewhere around 4,000 rpm. I'm guessing that because the shaft was too long, the movement of the...

Vent window locks? My 67 has vent window levers, no locks. So does my 69. The 67's had that funky chrome plastic trim on the windshield and rear window, 68 and 69 had stainless steel, but it's easy enough to convert to the later setup with new window gaskets and the 68-69 stainless trim...

It should have Formula S badges and 383 four barrel badges on each fender. It should not have the rectangular V8 badge as well, like this one does on the driver's side fender.

A little hotter than this one.

And the slant six and 273 two barrel cars had a single half moon on the left side, like my original slant six 67 does.

I believe the 67 383 Barracudas just had turn downs, no tips. 68-69 340s and 383s had chrome tips. And of course the 67 Commando 273s had the single cowbell tip/resonator. Great color on your 67 by the way.

With the help of my grandson (who has a low six second eighth mile Vega bracket racer) I pulled my 56 Studebaker Golden Hawk out of my enclosed car hauler and put it into my garage. Mouse got into the trailer and chewed up the carpet and firewall pad plus some of the wiring, so I have some work...

My memory (??) is 55 ft. lbs for the A body 7/16 inch studs and 70 ft. lbs for the B body (and late A body) 1/2 inch studs. I probably should look that up. Will check back after supper if that's wrong.

Yes, after I read your post I went out to my garage and checked mine. They take an 11/16 socket. Either the Summit spec sheet has a misprint or that is not the right part number. I'm trying to find my old receipt for the lug nuts, but so far have not located it.

You have the wrong lug nuts. If you compare the lug nuts you have with the ones linked in post # 2, you'll see that the ones you bought have a .68 inch diameter shank, while the correct ones have a .59 inch shank. If you take a look at your wheel specs, you'll see that the lug nut shank...

Yes.

You don't have to disassemble the steering column, but you should remove it from the car. Just remove the two bolt holding the column to the dash, and the 4 (3?) bolts holding the firewall bracket that supports the lower end of the column. Disconnect the turn signal harness, then remove the...

Well, here's what happens when you don't grease your bearings. Had to replace the axle.

My 67 Barracuda, owned since 1986. Originally a slant six car, been 360 since 1991. Collecting parts to make it a 340/416 by next spring.

While replacing the driver's side front caliper on my truck (04 Ram 2500), noticed that the sway bar end link bushings were gone. So, put these in.