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Ok so I have another thread in here about troubles with my La based 408 stroker having troubles staying running in gear at low rpm, and what appears to be a fouling issue of the plugs. It’s a blueprint 408, that I bought never run, from a 3rd party. The tech from blueprint got back to me with...

Ok so car has been in the shop being restored for the past 15 months. So problem one is the old gas going through it. I put 91 octane in and some octane booster in. Motor is an LA based 408 with about 1000 miles in it. Brand new edelbrock 1906 carb. Car starts real hard, and has a desire to...

Hi everyone, been here for years, don’t post much...but I need some help. I have a 66 barracuda with a 408 stroker. I have a small Holley 600 carb on it. Motor has about 500 miles or so and she will fire right up, and idle great and stays running fine. It runs like a beast at wide open...

Hey guys, I bought a ATK 408 forged shortblock for my 66 cuda. current plans for it this year, are to use some spare parts I have laying around, and put a decent cam in it. I have a set of 340 J-heads that I hope will suffice until I put some better heads on it next summer. I am looking at...

Ok so here is my 340's story.. It was taken out of a 71 cuda my uncle had, and given to another uncle back around 1980. He went through the motor and ran it in his 65 barracuda. He rebuilt it a 2nd time back in the fall of 1987, but died a little over a year later. It sat in that 65 cuda for...

I have a 340 motor date stamped 10/8/70, I assume that belonged in a 71 car. Its bored .60 over. Any work or clearancing need to be done to a 340 block to install a stroker kit? thanks in advance.

Hello all. I have a 1970 340 bored .60 over that I have been thinking about putting a stroker kit in. Is there machine work that would need to be done to put a stroker crank in?