Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
My son came back from Des Moines and delivered the news that he's decided for sure to scrap the plan for the 512 build for his Charger. This next Wednesday he's putting in an order with Keith Black for an aluminum Hemi.
We talked with Mike at MRL about the change in plans. There are options on the block we wanted his opinion on. I guess we're ordering one with larger cam & main journals, the higher deck height, and with the cam relocated higher in the block. The 1000HP goal hasn't changed. It should be easier to hit with the Hemi because the flow numbers are so much better on their heads.
Next we called up Hemidenny and talked to him about the K-member. I guess we'll be stripping it back off the car and sending it back to him to have the new motor mount perches welded on and exchange the big block motor mounts for the Hemi ones.
The decision to go with a 572 Hemi instead of the 512 B stroker was made after taking into consideration the cost of each build. The Hemi is more expensive but it's not a great leap beyond what he would have had to spend with his previous plan. There's no denying that there will be an extra WOW factor that the supercharged all aluminum Keith Black Hemi will have and it was also a factor in the decision.
So, now we've got most of the components sitting on the shelf for a blown 512 and nowhere to use them. We discussed dropping it in the funnycar but I've always wanted to use that early Hemi that I've got for it. I guess we'll be scratching our heads for awhile trying to figure out what to do with it.
Hmmm... That dually already has a 400 in it...