Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

After having made the adjustments the 'Cuda starts easily. I'd already gotten it up to a decent temperature and drove across town. The change in the behavior was obvious. It didn't feel like it was loading up anymore. No popping back.

I took it out to the highway and ran it through the gears a few times. I can't say that the performance improved but there no longer seemed to be any issues. I kept the RPM under 5000 but it is a very short stint in between 1st and 2nd gear. I hadn't made any attempt to warm the tires up first so it didn't hook well but I had my attention on the engine and not on potential 1/4 mile performance.

My temperature gauge still doesn't read correctly so I'd ignored the fact that it topped itself out. It was reading hot before I had even warmed it up.

When I got back into town I pulled into a gas station to add some 91 octane. Everything seemed fine. It started OK again and I figured that any adjustments I'd made had been an improvement. I decided to putt around town a bit more to see if it would keep behaving. After a quick stop for some groceries I headed back home. There had been no signs of the running problems that I previously experienced.

To be on the safe side I decided to check the temperature reading on the radiator's thermometer after shutting her down. It was at 210'. The temperature outside is only 76'. So although it's not running rough it's running much warmer than it used to. I guess I'm not done tuning yet.