Turbo 383 in a A-body Barracuda

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Mad Dart said:
Now you can REALLY chop on a car..... Full Race deal??
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Not sure yet what I will do its also an original big block car but the rear quarters are gone and so are the floors trunk area and and frame are still very good so it's not a total basket case
 
well been busy as hell just not on the car got an order for 15 steel work tables had to get them built hopefully this week i can do some on the car (if your wondering the table is upside down)
 

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leathermandan said:
well been busy as hell just not on the car got an order for 15 steel work tables had to get them built hopefully this week i can do some on the car (if your wondering the table is upside down)
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Anything to make a buck!!

I forgot to tell you about a small problem I had. The baffles broke loose in those JBA Stainless Steel mufflers. Hard to believe that Stainless rotted in 4 years! They rotted from the inside out. Damn things were driving me nuts due to horrible rattling. Chopped them off yesterday and installed a pair of $50 Lawson "Insynerator" mufflers from ebay. They are identicle to the Flowmaster 40's and made here in the good ol' USA. She sounds really smooth now!! No drone at 70mph like before. Just a sweet smooth rumble. That is until I hit the pedal then it is as loud as it was LoL.... She still runs like a champ!

I did run a personal best here a couple of weeks ago. 12.72 @ 112 mph still spinning into 2nd. I gotta get a Getrag for it with bigger axles before I put slicks on it.
 
CUUDAK said:
Anything to make a buck!!

I forgot to tell you about a small problem I had. The baffles broke loose in those JBA Stainless Steel mufflers. Hard to believe that Stainless rotted in 4 years! They rotted from the inside out. Damn things were driving me nuts due to horrible rattling. Chopped them off yesterday and installed a pair of $50 Lawson "Insynerator" mufflers from ebay. They are identicle to the Flowmaster 40's and made here in the good ol' USA. She sounds really smooth now!! No drone at 70mph like before. Just a sweet smooth rumble. That is until I hit the pedal then it is as loud as it was LoL.... She still runs like a champ!

I did run a personal best here a couple of weeks ago. 12.72 @ 112 mph still spinning into 2nd. I gotta get a Getrag for it with bigger axles before I put slicks on it.
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damn i can't believe those rotted out already those weren't cheep either
 
well worked on the car all day today took the old k member out and drilled out the spot welds on the original upper a arm stopes then cleaned up all the rust that was hidden under them but it was just surface rust frame rails are in real good shape then i took of the old motor mounts and went to put on the altercation ones the drivers side went right on but the passenger side was way out of wake and couldn't use it if i wanted to went right into the exhaust so spent the rest of the day fabing up a new one that would clear the exhaust got it built and just painted it hopefully tomorrow i will have the front end back in the car
 

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damn i can't believe those rotted out already those weren't cheep either
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Yeah, I was shocked too! I was told that JBA had a problem with this a while ago. No biggie! I like the sound of the Insynerators. The wife and I took a road trip to the casino at Delta Downs in Louisianna a few weeks back and enjoyed the trip. I installed the Lockpick so she could watch movies on the front MyGig screen on the way there.

I was impressed to say the least when I got 21.6 mpg @ 75mph on the trip. It might get 11 around town here lol....... With the great mpg and the fact we came home with triple what we took to play with, it was a good weekend!:cheers:

Got a photo shoot with the Charger on 4/20 at Johnson Space Center (NASA) and then the SRT Experience on 4/27.. Gonna be a fun month!!
 
leathermandan said:
well worked on the car all day today took the old k member out and drilled out the spot welds on the original upper a arm stopes then cleaned up all the rust that was hidden under them but it was just surface rust frame rails are in real good shape then i took of the old motor mounts and went to put on the altercation ones the drivers side went right on but the passenger side was way out of wake and couldn't use it if i wanted to went right into the exhaust so spent the rest of the day fabing up a new one that would clear the exhaust got it built and just painted it hopefully tomorrow i will have the front end back in the car
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Always something right!! Looks good bro! Good to see your making a little process.
 
when you drive really nice on the hwy that car will get 27 miles to the gallon but its real hard to drive that car that nice i always have had a led foot also there was already a mygig lock pick on the car did it go bad?

CUUDAK said:
Yeah, I was shocked too! I was told that JBA had a problem with this a while ago. No biggie! I like the sound of the Insynerators. The wife and I took a road trip to the casino at Delta Downs in Louisianna a few weeks back and enjoyed the trip. I installed the Lockpick so she could watch movies on the front MyGig screen on the way there.

I was impressed to say the least when I got 21.6 mpg @ 75mph on the trip. It might get 11 around town here lol....... With the great mpg and the fact we came home with triple what we took to play with, it was a good weekend!:cheers:

Got a photo shoot with the Charger on 4/20 at Johnson Space Center (NASA) and then the SRT Experience on 4/27.. Gonna be a fun month!!
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when you drive really nice on the hwy that car will get 27 miles to the gallon but its real hard to drive that car that nice i always have had a led foot also there was already a mygig lock pick on the car did it go bad?
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LoL, and folks flying up beside me flipping their **** in neutral and revving their P.O.S. and before they get back into drive I left them :finga:... Had a AMG Mercedes do that on the way home from gambling and left his azz in a matter of seconds LoL... Thankfully the wife was asleep at 155mph :D.

The lockpick must have been in your Durango! There was no lockpick in the Charger. That or you forgot you took it out lol.... Sucks getting old! When I got the SRT the MyGig was reset to factory setting and empty and no video button on the touch screen????

I found a V3 lockpick on ebay and got it for $100 shipped. That was the second one I bought. The first one ended up being the lockpick adapter but I had no problem selling it within the same day I found it to be the wrong one and even made $20 off it.

I also installed front and rear cameras!
 
had a pretty productive day, got the new k member in and attached the new motor mounts,upper and lower a arms, coil over shocks, the spindles and willwood front disk brake assemblies and got a refresher why i hate SS safety wire that crap always cuts the crap out of me

was a little nervous about these wide front tires so when i got done i installed one front tire and checked my turning radius all is good plenty of clearance
 

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Very good work Dan.

Thats some real eye candy there bro! Should have really good clearance near the turbine housing too since that Alter-K-tion setup widens the stance in the front quite a bit from what I have read.

Good job getting around the header on the passenger side too!

Are you just mocking up or installing it? May want to get some epoxy sealer on those frame rails before you get too far. We both know what that road salt does LoL....
 
just mocking it up will have to pull everything to paint as far as stance the early altercation fronts were 3/4" wider on each side but mine is only 1/4" wider than stock the wheel offset makes up for the rest

CUUDAK said:
Very good work Dan.

Thats some real eye candy there bro! Should have really good clearance near the turbine housing too since that Alter-K-tion setup widens the stance in the front quite a bit from what I have read.

Good job getting around the header on the passenger side too!

Are you just mocking up or installing it? May want to get some epoxy sealer on those frame rails before you get too far. We both know what that road salt does LoL....
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need some help does anyone make a snub nosed water pump for the big block motors
 
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