Recent content by mcodecuda

I remember a time when I had to pull my Barracuda up the driveway with my truck. I had my wife in the car and I yelled back at her to take her foot off the brake. I gave the truck the gas and it was obvious the cuda’s brakes were still on. This went back and forth until I got out of the truck to...

My go to was always a 1-1/2 ton Craftsman jack they were well built and were about $100 and once they leaked I bought a new one. I still have one now but I rebuild it if it starts leaking.

Just go to a shop that sells Aeroquip fittings and they should be able to fix you up with something.

I missed you yesterday. Where were you set up?

When I was looking at mig welders I bought a 220 volt unit just so that no one could borrow it.

FYI, the 833 did not come out until 1964 so your transmission is either a ‘64 or ‘65.

That’s a Carter Thermoquad on that engine not a Holley. The ear Thermoquads were the carbs to have in the early ‘70’s.

At first I was skeptical about gaining 20hp on a ‘73 2-barrel 318 until I remembered that back in 1973 a friend of mine had a ‘73 340 Duster automatic and I had a ‘73 Dodge Sport 318 2-barrel 4 speed. I added dual exhaust to my car and put lighter advance springs in the distributor and it seemed...

Whatever the horsepower is or whatever the the motor came out of it is worth the $400 so yes you should buy it but plan on changing the pistons along with the cam, carb and exhaust manifolds if your looking for any power.

Unless Chrysler was playing games with the numbers back in the late ‘60’s early ‘70’s the low performance 383 made 330hp and the high performance 383 made 335 which amounted to 5 extra horsepower. The low performance 440 made 350hp and the high performance 440 made 375 which amounted to 25 extra...

Could it be out of a police car? Yes. Is is anything different in it from a standard passenger car engine? No.

It’s not a police pursuit motor. The thick balancer and log type exhaust manifolds give it away.

The guy turned out to be somewhat of a flake. We made a deal to buy the 1970/71 parts book which is in excellent condition the two big block torque plates and the bare B-body console. He asked me to delay picking up the parts because he wasn’t feeling well so I told him we could delay it until...

Whatever you paid for it was too much. Look for something else.

By chance do you have the other side of the control arm installed between the tabs? If so remove that side and install the ends of the control arms simultaneously by tapping one side and then the other.