Jeep 4.0 in 69 Barracuda

Bill Dedman said
And, lastly, it is my feeling that if you own an A-Body with a slant six, the expense involved in the changeover to a V-8 will be just as great as adding forged pistons,rods, and O-Rings with a copper gasket to the engine already in the car. Then you have "just another V-8 Mopar," of which there are zillions.... instead if an unusual, nearly-unique, head-turner.

The rest I will address in a private message with you if you wish. As to the cost of going V8, if you recall the beginning of this thread this car was originally a 318 car I believe (I do not believe it was a 340 car not at the low cost I paid) with a rebuildable engine and a 727 auto tranny. Going to any 6 was going to cost more than restoring what was there. Also the stock engine looked as if had been rebuilt, based on my inspection which I showed some pictures of at the time. And if I am going to spend the cash to do the conversion to the six, I have five or six Chry era 4.0L in my garage. Most that are completely runnable (Renix and H.O. alike). And countless parts including the fuel management which is helping to keep the cost down. Lets not talk about the 1 AW4 4sp (3 sp with overdrive) auto tranny's, the 2 spare AX15 (with internal slave) manual 5 speeds, and 1 Peugeot manual 5sp. I have no slant sixes, and no parts to start with for a slant six. when talking about cost, this is much better than having to shell out a bunch of money for a slant six which I wont keep in the long run. Everything in this car will move to a jeep when I swap to the 265 inline six in 7 to 10 yrs. Anything invested in this wont be lost when trying to sell it too someone who wants to pay bottom dollar for it as it will goto me.