5.7L Hemi, 1968 Barracuda.. Opinions.

Not to insult, or hurt anyones feelings but the 472 gen2 hemi retail for $17,199.00 ( the lesser of the breed when compared to the $25 grand motor ) It makes 530/530, and those big chambers with the .248 duration is getting on the edge of behaving in real world traffic, and summer heat. For 5 grand less the gen 3 426 hemi makes the same bhp, 10 lbs more tq, and idles all day nicely,even in below zero conditions and weighs almost 380 lbs less. That said some of us couldn't afford either. The gen 3 arrived for me at the most opportune time in history. I still had my car from high school, my wife got M.S., our daily driver FORD contour committed suicide, and blah, blah, blah...
I had a 73 challenger with a muscle motors 496 big block, and it was kind of tough to use as a street car.My new hemi, with a carb, and maintaining a highway speed of 75 mph with an old school tranny, and 3.23 gears, I'm consistently getting just south of 20 mpg, and the thing runs smooth. I had the chance to run against a Saleen s281, and my brother in-law said, I blew past him so fast the Mustang driver looked as if was panicking to bail water out of a sinking boat as he tried to shift through his gears.
Not everyone can afford the 25 grand engine, but if you can MOPOWER to ya!