1965 MMP's Barracuda Hemi swap! The Ever Changing Build
-Quick update, this year has been nothing but one hit after another hit, so I apologues for the lack of progress. I've been hurt for the last couple months with a herniated disc. We had a death in the family that pretty much shook up my year here at home as well as work, leading to a tribute build of a motorcycle by me that had to be finished & toured by oct, all while helping my buddy swap his slanty to a v8, and another buddy dealing with an a-body big block buy/build, and of course family stuff at home, my son has become a competitive swimmer which pulls us away just about every weekend. looking toward the future I don't see a big window to get much done but I'm on the mend and I'm going to do everything in my power to get this damn car started...! That's all I need. if It light the candles and hold a short but sweet idle we're off to the races. I'm currently at the peak of this metaphorical build hill, if this ***** runs I'm slapping this thing together and melting tires.... So the plan as it sits now is to pull the topend off again!, swap in new lifters and cam put an eye on all the timing makers taking that question out of the equation, drop the dash and relocate the current ecu to an "easier to service" location and swap out the dud of an ecu for my newly unlock and cleaned Sublime 5.7 quick-crate ecu and that's it. Once it lights I'll drag the barracuda over to my shop and build a custom exhaust for it and that's it. That is my goal for the winter... simple and easy. That will leave final assembly and shake down for coming spring and summer...
-Quick update, this year has been nothing but one hit after another hit, so I apologues for the lack of progress. I've been hurt for the last couple months with a herniated disc. We had a death in the family that pretty much shook up my year here at home as well as work, leading to a tribute build of a motorcycle by me that had to be finished & toured by oct, all while helping my buddy swap his slanty to a v8, and another buddy dealing with an a-body big block buy/build, and of course family stuff at home, my son has become a competitive swimmer which pulls us away just about every weekend. looking toward the future I don't see a big window to get much done but I'm on the mend and I'm going to do everything in my power to get this damn car started...! That's all I need. if It light the candles and hold a short but sweet idle we're off to the races. I'm currently at the peak of this metaphorical build hill, if this ***** runs I'm slapping this thing together and melting tires.... So the plan as it sits now is to pull the topend off again!, swap in new lifters and cam put an eye on all the timing makers taking that question out of the equation, drop the dash and relocate the current ecu to an "easier to service" location and swap out the dud of an ecu for my newly unlock and cleaned Sublime 5.7 quick-crate ecu and that's it. Once it lights I'll drag the barracuda over to my shop and build a custom exhaust for it and that's it. That is my goal for the winter... simple and easy. That will leave final assembly and shake down for coming spring and summer...