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i´ve tried to search for the answer, but havn´t found a proper answer... i´m just thnking of exchanging my modern aluminium radiator (which works good, but looks a bit like an alien in the engine bay) with an original Mopar radiator i just have seen pictures of a few days ago, and it would be...

Hi, it´s been a long time since my last activities here... finally i got the little motor running again after sitting for 3 years ... again 273 wanna hear your opinions ... as it´s getting warmer and spring is now right around the corner i was able to do some short test rides... and i have...

again i´m into throwing a 273 together (as my wife complained that the fish was to rude and not really driveable in normal traffic with the beefed up Magnum motor) so decision were made the Magnum has to go and i will stick it into my Dodge D100 Truck next year. so here are my plans i wanted...

hi there, it´s been a long time that i posted something here... as the magnum engine in my 1965 Barracuda suffers from a spun rodbearing and my wife allways complained that she was affraid to drive the light car with that engine. Also it was a bit tricky with short gears and aggressive...

hi, yesterday my Voltage Regulator quit working, so i´m thinking about going the Denso-Way and switch the old Mopar Alternator against a modern Denso with internal Regulator. i guess this was done by many Mopar-Drivers before...and so i wanna ask, which Model will fit best or if anyone cld...

Hi, maybe i´m starting a totally worthless discussion... but when searching the web and looking into engine bays of modern cars, i recon. that the hose diameter for PCV and/or Breather hoses or the plumbing for oil catch cans are vary from product to product... this makes me thinink about...

the usual fight agaist cabin fever... doing stupid things on my car... :lol: as i´m just working on "getting rid of the hood with the hemi scoop" by re-locating the air cleaner etc. i also came across relocating the battery into the trunk (to use the former battery-space for something like...

just saw a 65 Valiant grill offered on a auction here in Germany....and asking myself ... Valiant grill in a Barracuda ? good idea, or not (the Petty Cuda also had a Valiant grill up front) everyones opinion is welcome

hi folks, just thinking of going back to a hood without a hood scoop on my 65 Barracuda... while looking for opinions i came across this old thread [WANTED] - Air cleaner assembly from a Dakota with this picture in it http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/attachments/image-jpg.1714802067/...

just wanna share some impressions from the anual so called CarBeQue here in Germany.. the event started as a Mopar-BBQ years ago and turned now into a meeting with car-nut guys whether they drive a mopar or not ... in the end it doesn´t matter.... pictures are made by Mitch (guess he is...

hi fellows, after driving the 5.2 Magnum SBM in my Barracuda for a while now i cld manage to install an AFR Reading Gauge AFR is reading between 12,4 and 14,2 as an average overall (has a short lean spot when accelerating 1/100 of a second will jump to 16-17 AFR and the go back to 11 AFR -...

Hello Folks, i just trying to solve the following problem. everytime i rev the engine past 3000 rpm i would notice some oil on the rear arch of the oil pan. under normal driving conditions there will be zero oil. it only happens when accelerated hard and fast past 3000 or more...

hi, just wanna ask if anybody here has made this modification. as i´m very limited with space due to the self made headers i´m using - can only run a relocated oil filter, and have used a 90 degree adapter with that kind of screw on relocation adapter thing, (like it is sold in these sets...

just sitting in the office, and it pops up in my mind... maybe a stupid question: - is there any difference regarding the mounting ears on 5.2 and 5.9 magnum blocks ? i´m asking because i will avoid to run into problems when swaping my 273 out and putting the 5.2 in so the question cld...

as i have to find a suitable cam i´ve sent out some requests to Lunati Hughes CompCams Herberts Howards Bullet-Cams and Crower waiting for their answers... in the meantime user Lelo Dart (thank you mate) showed me 2 links to a guy selling regrinded Magnum cams on Ebay...

just wanna know your thinking about the use of a windage tray in a nearly stock like engine does it make sense or is it just wasting the money ....

Hi Folks, maybe the next dumb question, but as Chrysler Engines are not so common in Germany, i´m in need of some help. most of those who have done the Magnum swap and running bigger springs on the Magnum heads recommend to use the springs from 2.2 or 2.5 Chrysler engines. and now...

as it turns out that i will go on further with putting a 5.2 magnum into the 65 B´cuda and let the 273 as it is at the moment and store it away...it leads me to the well known weak point of stock magnum valve springs... what do the members who drive magnum engines here use ? what will be...

will a LA windage tray fit a 318 magnum engine (oil pan 360 center sump) ?

hi, just thinking about changing the camshaft on my 65 B´cuda, but wont pull the engine. any obstacle to look for, beside of removing the grill, radiator, fan, waterpump, damper, fuel pump, timing cover, distributor with shaft.... (will change the intake also, so no problem to change...

more benefit or more loss ?? thinking about changing from 1971 OEM spread-bore 4bbl cast intake to crosswind air-gap intake guess i will loose some power at the low end ... but maybe gain some at higher rpm - 273 .040 over - CR 8.8:1 - Cam specs: lob 112...

Looking for a shift cable for 65 Barracuda/Valiant with console even one with a worn or leaking housing would be okay/suitable cheers from Germany Timo

hi there, hopefully someone can help me with my TQ issue but first some specs. engine: 273cui 040 over, low comp pistons cam: (similar to an 340 stock cam), heads: 318 stock heads - ported, bowl blended headers: Long tube intake: orig. 340 mopar TQ intake from the 70ies ignition: rev-n-nator...

hi there FABO guys, i hope you can give some hints regarding fine tunning my 904 cable-shift trans (PB-trans with console in a 65 Barracuda) last Weekend we pulled the trans to change the front pump seal and also changed the converter. after installing the trans (refering to the...

hi folks, maybe a dumb question: i can get a pair of Mickey Thompson Sportsman pro sized 26 x 8.5 R15 for cheap. as far as i know these tires are sold by M/T as Front Runners. cld. i also use them on the back ? :burnout: or would it be better doing this not

hi folks, again asking the biggest source of mopar knowledge in the western world i maybe have the opportunity to get a 5.2 magnum engine (out of an 2001 dodge van) for an reasonable price... question will be, where are the benefits on this engine, will it be worth to give it a try (change to...

Hi there, i´m a great fan of the 402 cui small block stroker engine, but now as time has come to maybe realize this plan.... i cannot find any source for a crate engine and/or stroker kit just wondering looks like i have to change my minds and go with an 390 kit

Hey Folks, just another (dumb) question from Germany. I 've tried several ways to get proper information about making Pastrami the right way. Cld someone please provide me with the secret spices and the right way to do it. Desperate Greetings from Germany Cheers Timo

hi there Fabo Bros and Sis... just wanna here your opinions about this combo for my 65 bcuda - 273 block from 1965 (we will see if i have to overbore, at the moment it still stored in my friends hotrod shop, it´s the original block the car came with as i bought it) - a pair of 920 casting...

dont know where to post this question... so i put it in here... i´m just about taking my fish this year to drag racing the first time here in Germany, just to get an idea what that car will be able to run... regarding to the offic. rules here, non locking folding bucket seats will be not...