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A 340 is a great motor for a 67-69 Barracuda, but once again I must point out a few things…. You have $14k into a possible $20k flip The 340 is a premium priced motor, yes for good reason, but rarely do you recoup the asking price in a flip You seem to keep confusing your taste and what a...

You forgot to mention the $1500 for a rear end that can actually handle a big block 4 speed. And the driveshaft to fit to make it work. The thing about this is, he’s 17, and not yet capable of doing the kind of work it takes to successfully duplicate a big block A body Cuda. Not a knock to his...

I agree with the above. First, make a plan, and if your plan is to flip it when you’re done, stick with a small block. The big block swap will easily out price any machine work on the 273 you have. And that’s not counting all of the u seen upgrades that the big block will require, such as that...

Is your radiator support to hood seal in place? How about your lower splash pan to radiator support seal? Without those, there is no way to funnel the air into the radiator opening. It’s like sucking through a straw with a hole in it. The idea of air flow is to trap the air in front of the...

Maybe message member "crackedback", he had a nice 69 GTX project for a great price listed here about a month ago or so! He's in Cali!! It's worth a shot!

I think I have to agree with the above suggestion... sell the big block and find a stroker smallblock for his Cuda!! It will be tons easier in the long run, and be a much more manageable car!!!

That looks awesome!!!!

The 75-6 440 has a cast crank, the 383 has a forged crank, different balance!!!!

Nice start, looking forward to seeing your dream come alive!!!

I'd offer $1000 for everything!! Both are candidates for a rebuild, even if, and because they are, original mileage!!

This block was as bad or worse than yours before I sent it in to have it cleaned, boiled in oil, sonic checked and readied for machining!

Uh oh, sounds like a bearing!!! Did these guys "test drive" it???

Check the plugs, could have a cracked insulator, loose plug wire, or other!!!

A 413 block, crank and rods would be worth about $100 around here! I passed on a completely rebuilt 413 dual quad motor for $600 here, small valve 516 heads on a basically stock rebuild! Yea, if it has the max wedge heads and intake stuff you'd be talking some serious bucks, but just the block...

They say 71 is the best year for the 400 due to the extra webbing and thick walls! $300 for the block and crank would be an easy sell!! Geof

You're right at home here with that approach!! Heck, I don't have a car to match most of my stuff either!!! :-)

So, without knowing anything about what was done to the 392 I mentioned above, it would be a good buy at $1500?? This motor was in a sand drag truck, set up for alcohol, and was driven into the spot where it sits today, maybe some 20 years ago now! Other than the rumor that it has a matched set...

Remember that almost no parts are interchangeable between any of the early Hemis, and there were a bunch of variations between the different motors! Dodge, Chrysler, Desoto...all had completely different configurations, and finding all of the missing parts is goin to be challenge unless you know...

They may be factory, but they are not A body or Super Stock cars as by the OP's timeline the S/S class wasn't in place until late 67/ early 68!!

Just so you know, Rani is a girl!!

Was my post out of line or something??

Im going with the Cuda because I know the mule for the 68 SS program was a Barracuda and figure they came before the Dart, no?

Ill go with the first run of 68 Barracudas!!...

That's the conversion Doc Brown had done to the DeLorean in the future... You know, in 2015!!!

NASA called.... One of their shuttle rockets is missing!!! Any leads??

As said before, there ain't nuthin' wrong with a cast crank, and can take well over 600HP without concern. The kit sounds promising in that it may mean that at least some of the internals are new, but without opening up the motor and checking compression ratio,cam dimensions and the head...

If in fact the crank has been replaced with a cast unit, I would also suspect that other internal modifications may have also bee performed. I would be willing to bet that if you find that it has a cast crank, that may indicate that someone had access to a later 440 for parts. That may indicate...

The "F" indicates that it is a 1970 motor, and other than having a slightly milder cam than the "Magnum" grind of the HP motors, I would assume that all the other internals are the same. The heads are probably 904's if original, or maybe 452 replacements for the hardened seats. A slightly hotter...

I think you have a point 70 Duster, but even the HP motors will have undersized journals, overbores and anything that will get the motor done and into a vehicle. There is absolutely nothing wrong with undersized machining, bearings or anything else that may have had to be done to a motor to get...

I do NOT want what this chap is smoking!!! There would be NO WAY that a block would be re-cast, and undersized journals and such were much more commonplace than one would think. I have an entire page of symbols to indicate a myriad of different undersized components that you may come across when...