68 Barracuda fastback tube chassis build
My close friend Danny who I work and race with is a little nuts. He has a 68 Roadrunner that he races which runs 5.90s, a 68 Dart which he bought a few years ago and is a 6.90-7.0 car, and he finally went off the deep end and bought a third race car. Yes, THIRD RACE CAR. This time he bought the car he has always wanted as a kid. A 1968 Plymouth Barracuda that is a tube chassis car, funny car cage, strut front end, 4 link rear suspension, Dana 60 rear end, with 14x32-15 slicks. The car is set up to run a Big Block and 727. Car weighed 2600 (without driver) with iron RB block, concrete filled, and stock iron heads. It has steel doors, roll down glass windows, removable fiberglass front end, lexan front windshield.
Our plan?
511” low deck with a stock block
BCR girdle and aluminum main cap, hydraulic roller camshaft
Trick flow 270 heads
single plane trick flow intake
APD alcohol carb
727 Torqueflite with trans brake
8” converter
The goal is to have a car that is consistent, reliable, and easy to maintain.
So first thing is first, get the BCR girdle and main cap kit ordered, then get the block to machine shop to have it hot tanked, magged, decked, torque plate honed (as it is already 4.3750 bore), align bore and align hone. Once we get our deck height measurement, we can order a rotating assembly. I will get more pictures of the car this upcoming weekend when I head over to do some side jobs we have lined up. The goofball in the picture is Danny’s nephew who helped him pull the engine out of the car upon purchase. It was bought as a roller, no engine, trans, or converter, also no hood scoop as the one that was on the car was hideous. The green paint isn’t something that will be staying on the car but for not it will have to do. When you have 3 race cars, can only do what you can do, little bit at a time. Lol.
My close friend Danny who I work and race with is a little nuts. He has a 68 Roadrunner that he races which runs 5.90s, a 68 Dart which he bought a few years ago and is a 6.90-7.0 car, and he finally went off the deep end and bought a third race car. Yes, THIRD RACE CAR. This time he bought the car he has always wanted as a kid. A 1968 Plymouth Barracuda that is a tube chassis car, funny car cage, strut front end, 4 link rear suspension, Dana 60 rear end, with 14x32-15 slicks. The car is set up to run a Big Block and 727. Car weighed 2600 (without driver) with iron RB block, concrete filled, and stock iron heads. It has steel doors, roll down glass windows, removable fiberglass front end, lexan front windshield.
Our plan?
511” low deck with a stock block
BCR girdle and aluminum main cap, hydraulic roller camshaft
Trick flow 270 heads
single plane trick flow intake
APD alcohol carb
727 Torqueflite with trans brake
8” converter
The goal is to have a car that is consistent, reliable, and easy to maintain.
So first thing is first, get the BCR girdle and main cap kit ordered, then get the block to machine shop to have it hot tanked, magged, decked, torque plate honed (as it is already 4.3750 bore), align bore and align hone. Once we get our deck height measurement, we can order a rotating assembly. I will get more pictures of the car this upcoming weekend when I head over to do some side jobs we have lined up. The goofball in the picture is Danny’s nephew who helped him pull the engine out of the car upon purchase. It was bought as a roller, no engine, trans, or converter, also no hood scoop as the one that was on the car was hideous. The green paint isn’t something that will be staying on the car but for not it will have to do. When you have 3 race cars, can only do what you can do, little bit at a time. Lol.