Stroker's 68 Barracuda

[RattyBarracuda]

Did a test fit of the Super 6 manifold and whatever those 3 into 2 headers are that came with the car.

Laser cut the stainless piece to block off the EGR passage on the snout of the manifold. It'll be using a stock-style gasket there.

Also thrilled that even at .500" thick that water heater plate I made leaves enough room for the -8AN o-ring fittings above the header(s). I ended up having about 1.250" clearance and found a pair of 1" tall "low profile" 90° adapters from a company called DeatschWerks at Summit Racing. If you zoom in you can just barely see the blue anodized plate where the heat riser should be.

Also finishing up on the underhood section of the harness. Just waiting on some .125" DR25 heat shrink that I ran out of, but didn't realize it.

I 3D printed an adapter for the firewall to fill the square that used to house the stock bulkhead connector. It keeps the HDP connector phased in the right direction and holds it in place pretty well. I'll get a shot of that up soon.

I laid a circuit for fog lights in the forward harness and I'm considering getting a set of amber round LED fogs for mounting in the mouth between the valance and the grill header. Not sure about that yet.

Also made up some brake lines from the master to the combination valve. Just have to attach the fronts and rear to that now.

 

[RattyBarracuda]

The water block under the manifold is done, minus the gasket. No parts stores in reasonable distance had any sheets of Fel Pro 3075 in stock. I hated to do it, but Amazon will have it here tomorrow.

I bolted it up using the stock metal gasket, and, as I suspected, it leaked. I should be good with 3075 on the block off plate too. Now it'll only be sealing in water and that small pocket of air/fuel mixture from where the EGR port was.

I got some low profile -8AN banjo swivels, then added -8 extensions and -10 adapters.

The headers are not in any of these pics, but I've got about .625" clearance between the header pipes and the -AN adapters. If it causes any excessive temperature increases in the coolant I'll add a heat shield.

Not pictured yet, but I've adapted the heater core, the water pump heater outlet, and the cylinder head coolant tube to -AN. Overkill as usual. But it looks nice and will be easy to service.

Nect post will be more wore harness action. As of tonight I cut all my dash/front interior wires to length. I've made most of the sub-harnesses and I'm now bundling and branching the circuits that stem from the firewall connector.

 

[RattyBarracuda]

Finished the harnesses and installed them. Got a little bit of testing on the light circuit done. Headlights, taillights, 4-ways.

 

[RattyBarracuda]

A lot isnl finished since the last post, but in my typical fashiom I only took 3 pics. All of which are pretty insubstantial to the progress I've made.

The part number on my radiator matched what was on rock auto for a slant 6 68 Barracuda. Oddly enough the upper hose point is on the passenger side. I cut a new tube to weld as extreme driver side as I could, and added the -20 fitting. Ill post some finished and installed pics, for now this is it. I'm trying to use as many parts as I can that came with the shell when I bought it 2 years ago.

So I had no dipstick or tube for the 904. Bought this TCI 743806 from Summit. Fitment notes indicated that it fit just about any Mopar engine/automatic combo. With the tab aligned hole to hole on the bellhousing it was touching the cylinder head. CAD modeled a nice little adapter tab, has an adjustment slot. I'll post up more pics.

The pitfalls of running a fully functional shop that's usually busy is having to work on your own stuff at home. The lift would make this less painfull, but the cribs will do. Thos front tires are coming off, after I set the ride height correctly the 26s are going back on.

 

[DionR]

A lot isnl finished since the last post, but in my typical fashiom I only took 3 pics. All of which are pretty insubstantial to the progress I've made.

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The part number on my radiator matched what was on rock auto for a slant 6 68 Barracuda. Oddly enough the upper hose point is on the passenger side. I cut a new tube to weld as extreme driver side as I could, and added the -20 fitting. Ill post some finished and installed pics, for now this is it. I'm trying to use as many parts as I can that came with the shell when I bought it 2 years ago.

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So I had no dipstick or tube for the 904. Bought this TCI 743806 from Summit. Fitment notes indicated that it fit just about any Mopar engine/automatic combo. With the tab aligned hole to hole on the bellhousing it was touching the cylinder head. CAD modeled a nice little adapter tab, has an adjustment slot. I'll post up more pics.

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The pitfalls of running a fully functional shop that's usually busy is having to work on your own stuff at home. The lift would make this less painfull, but the cribs will do. Thos front tires are coming off, after I set the ride height correctly the 26s are going back on.

Glad to see you are still making progress.

I was going to say if it was me, I would run that cribbing 90 degrees to how it is so the car can't roll off them. But looks like the tires sit between the 2x4 and are blocked from rolling?

 

[RattyBarracuda]

Yep. The fronts are down in there pretty deep. Its not going anywhere. Back tires are a little wide, so I probably should roll the rears 90°.

 

[RattyBarracuda]

 

[abdywgn]

Nice bracket! Did you bend it yourself?

 

[RattyBarracuda]

Nice bracket! Did you bend it yourself?

No. I designed it in solidworks and had sendcutsend burn it out of stainless and then bend it. You cant see it in any of the pics, but there's a side support that goes to the intake studs too.

 

[mosleyme]

No. I designed it in solidworks and had sendcutsend burn it out of stainless and then bend it. You cant see it in any of the pics, but there's a side support that goes to the intake studs too.

Love the Send-Cut-Send interface and the fact that it applies design rules to your inputs to make sure you have proper spacing and such.

 

[RattyBarracuda]

Love the Send-Cut-Send interface and the fact that it applies design rules to your inputs to make sure you have proper spacing and such.

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My only found fault with send cut send are the order minimums. When I was making a lot of fixtures for a tube chassis car, i didnt mind, they were mostly large pieces and the pricing was great.

If you ever need something really small and only need one made, like the kickdown lever on the carb pic, Laser Bros has no minimum. The part was less than $5....cost a dollar more to ship.

Nice bracket. Remote filter?

 

[mosleyme]

My only found fault with send cut send are the order minimums. When I was making a lot of fixtures for a tube chassis car, i didnt mind, they were mostly large pieces and the pricing was great.

If you ever need something really small and only need one made, like the kickdown lever on the carb pic, Laser Bros has no minimum. The part was less than $5....cost a dollar more to ship.

Nice bracket. Remote filter?

Power Steering reservoir and Coolant reservoir. Using the tapped holes that the factory battery tray used.

 

[RattyBarracuda]

Power Steering reservoir and Coolant reservoir. Using the tapped holes that the factory battery tray used.

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Nice piece.

 

[RattyBarracuda]

My best friend is patiently waiting to go for a ride. 225s with 3 intob2 headers seem to melt shifter cables. 2 reroute and 3 cables later and Im designing a rear entry shifter setup with heims, a linkage rods, and a pivot that i designed in cad.
The one pictured is my test piece, finished on is on the way with multiple holes for the linkage and shift cable. Having final piece made put of titanium.

 

[like_A_pike]

If you ever need something really small and only need one made, like the kickdown lever on the carb pic, Laser Bros has no minimum. The part was less than $5....cost a dollar more to ship.

That’s it! No more jury rigging with junk I have on hand. There really isn’t any excuse for that anymore huh? Works, not difficult to do, and looks so much better…. Inspiring work!

 

[RattyBarracuda]

One of the bad things about travel and having time to think and research is sometimes you end up learning stuff you wish you didn’t. In this case it isn’t huge, but still.

I’ve been grouping all MagnaRide cars into one group when in fact the Mach 1 had a different wheel bearing and hub, and is the same one as the 2020+ Explorer.

Here is the standard MagnaRide hub next to the Mach 1.

Being that it is used on all S650 Mustangs, seems like it should be available for some time. And isn’t a “Shelby” part.

In addition to that, I am re-thinking my idea to move the caliper to the front of the spindle. Seems like that is bad for adding brake cooling.

Not saying I am going to change directions, but it has me thinking.

That’s it! No more jury rigging with junk I have on hand. There really isn’t any excuse for that anymore huh? Works, not difficult to do, and looks so much better…. Inspiring work!

Hahaha. Thanks.

 

[RattyBarracuda]

Have the final version of the pivot piece installed. Multiple holes and this one is in titanium. Waiting on the new cable from summit and just have to tweak the bracket that's going to bolt onto the tranny pan and position it and weld.

 

[RattyBarracuda]

Not related to the Cuda, but check out the new daily driver...88 Ramcharger

 

[RattyBarracuda]

Slant 6, Hughes Whiplash, 3 into 2 headers, custom y-pipe, cherry bomb, side exit.