Took the Barracuda to the track today for first time

You could be anywhere....

Jetting, fuel pressure, clogged fuel/air filter, valve spring pressure, check fuel pressure regulator, use a nice high end regulator. I would tend to not use those holley units that come with those blue pumps. Can you try a 650, I'm sure it would have better throttle responce. Wheres the timing at?

Does the engine combonation match? Intake, heads, cam, compression, cylinder head flow, converter and gears, car weight?

Do you have any dyno information? What were you expecting?

In the water box just about any engine can pull higher rpm. Theres really no load compared to being in high gear at the top end of the track.

Don't foreget about corrected altitude, 90 degrees and 70% humidity I'm sure put its pretty high. If your running tall drag radials with 3:55's your 360 might not have enough torque to pull the higher rpm with bad air. Where does the rpm drop to after each shift, maybe your falling to much and the converter is slipping. You want that converter to multiply the torque.

What shape or how nice is the converter? could the sprag in the converter broken/cracked - not letting it pull the higher rpm. There is a big difference between a $400 converter and a $1200 converter even if there a low stall unit. I'm not saying you need a $1200 converter, just there is a performance difference.

Just in general, do the brakes have alot of drag..

Maybe get on http://www.wallaceracing.com/Calculators.htm punch in your numbers and see where your at. I'm not sure how much faith I would put into those calculators but...

This one has been pretty good too. The equation I use is 1320 / MPH = optimum ET