1967 ~ Barracuda 383-S and Dart GTS-383 ~ 280 HP 'How can this be.'

69 Cuda 440 said

Fudging the Horsepower Numbers for 1967

Chevrolet >
Re-factored the 1966 'L-79' 327/350 HP to {325 HP} for 1967

Ford and Mercury >
Re-factored the 1966 'S-Code' 390/335 HP to {320 HP} for 1967.

Pontiac >
Took the 400/350 HP GTO engine, and dropped it in their new Firebird, and rated it at {325 HP}.

Also, they popped the 400/360 HP 'Ram Air' GTO engine in the Firebird, and rated it
at {335 HP}.

Note; Pontiac adjusted the linkage for the Rochester Carburetor on the Firebird
400 engines to restrict the Secondaries from fully opening.

Note; That was the 'only' difference between the GTO and Firebird engines.

Click to expand...

:oops: no hard facts here, and different year. In 1968, I bought a 68 form. S barracuda fastback at tink wilkersons chry. ply. in Tulsa ok. gave $3256 for it out the door. was a dark met. green(don't know the color code), white interior, bucket seat console auto. in the floor. papers said it was the roadrunners engine w/ a redesigned drivers side exhaust manifold, cutting the h.p. to 330 from the 335 for the r.r. limited slip . 8 3/4-gear unknown. car was almost uncontrollable, handled great. taking it back to the a.f. base, going thru the mountains in ark., I out ran a (so called hugger) Camaro and a volkswagon, the volkswagon was between me and the Camaro all the way. think this might have been an unusual combination. God only knows how much I wish I had kept that car! remember part of the particulars" was extra heavy duty torsion bars and sway bars. how rare was that thing ? also the exhaust was very load for the times, always got a look from the cops.