Show Us Pictures of 2nd Generation Barracudas

Ma Snart said
Hey Blackhand. Glad you posted. It was worth the wait! What a bad looking Notch. I really like the stance, color, and side stripe.

A few questions:

What big block you running?

What tire sizes are you running front/rear?

Did you move the rear springs in and/or tub the rear?

Where did you get those kick panel speaker combo? Do they interfear much with foot room?

Beautiful car! And a cool story about taking the pictures. It is a small world they say.

Ma Snart

Thank you, thank you! She's a work in progress but owning her is a blast! :glasses7:

Engine is a 1978 400ci. It will be a 470 stroker one day but for now I'm having fun seeing just how much power I can get out of a low-compression bottom end. Last summer she ran a 14.30 in the quarter on street tires and an under-sized 600 cfm carb. I've added a 750 Demon, Performer RPM manifold and have some slicks this year, hoping for 13's once I put some new gears in the rear.

Wheels and tires are brand new, just put on last weekend! Rears are 275/60-15 and fronts are 225/60-15. Wheels are Summit brand drag-star knockoffs, 15x8 with 5 1/2" backspacing in the rear and 15x7 with 4 1/2" backspacing up front. The backspacing in the rear baffles me because I thought a-bodies used 4 1/4" backspacing, must be a b-body axle? The wells have not been tubbed and the springs are in their stock location. It's a tight squeeze but I have had no problems so far. It took very, very careful measuring. I'm using Mancini XHD leaf springs for now, calvert mono-leafs and caltrac bars someday in the distant future. As it is the back end sits up a little high for my liking. May flip the front hangers to bring it down some. Also, my new rear tires are 28" diameter, old tires were 25" diameter. I need to change my rear end ratio ASAP, this 3.23 sure-grip is killing me!! I'm thinking 3.73 should be good to go.

I made the speaker pods by hand and I'm quite pleased with the results. I hand-fiberglassed them and used a metric f-ton of body filler to get them nice and smooth. Sprayed them with some truck bed liner to give them a nice plastic look. They look great in person, not out of place at all. I paid close attention when I built them to give me room to slip my foot behind the driver side pod so I can easily operate the headlight foot switch!