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Offline Cuda_451

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New and wondering on opinions
« on: January 30, 2016 - 01:02:50 PM »
I am nearly half way through my 1970 Plymouth Barracuda rebuild and was wondering y'alls opinions. It was originally green ,but is now Rallye Red. It's got a 400 bored .40 over with a 727 trans and 3.55 gears. I was wondering what type of power and times I could expect from this set-up. Thanks!
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Offline dougs bs23

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2016 - 03:37:01 PM »
welcome,  please tell us more about your build and,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :useless:
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Offline Katfish

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2016 - 03:42:34 PM »
13.50,  these cars are pretty heavy.

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2016 - 03:49:37 PM »
It's got a 400 bored .40 over

No mention of stroke but your web name Cuda_451 makes me think you left out a important detail.....
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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2016 - 04:09:51 PM »
 :popcorn:
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Offline jimynick

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2016 - 04:53:16 PM »
Welcome to the site and as you can see, there's a lot of knowledge floating around here. You've already heard the photo thing.  :wave:

Offline dfrazz

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2016 - 05:04:26 PM »
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Offline HP2

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2016 - 05:42:57 PM »
15 flat.

Need more details.

Offline Cuda_451

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2016 - 07:06:32 PM »
It's no stroker lol. It's got rear sway bar. Posi. Trac. Edlebrock carb. Mopar purple shaft cam. KB pistons. Cherrybomb exhaust. Soon to have weiland intake. We got plenty of mopars but this is just my first project.
1970 Plymouth Barracuda
1995 Dodge RAM 1500 SLT
2006 Ford Mustang V6 Supercharged

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2016 - 07:39:42 PM »
My pictures on my droid are to big to fit on the attachments :'(
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1995 Dodge RAM 1500 SLT
2006 Ford Mustang V6 Supercharged

Offline Rdchallenger12

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2016 - 08:52:59 AM »
With it now being Red, you are shaving at least a tenth of a second off.

Offline HP2

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Re: New and wondering on opinions
« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2016 - 10:07:07 AM »
14 flat. Do you want hp guesses at the crank or the tires?

Seriously though, 400s can be decent engines, but in stock configuration were a bit of a dog. If you have a stock rebuild with a few bigger pieces, no bueno. To get better answers we need to know what KB pistons, deck height of the block, cc of the combustion chambers in the heads, port work - if any - on the heads, lift and duration of the purple shaft, cfm of the carb, stall of the convertor, type of tires, altitude you run it at. There are a lot of variables that can impact what the engine produces and how fast it will run a  quarter mile.

Where I live, I've seen several 400hp recipes that put 290 to the wheels and run 15.5 quarters because the details of the build were not worked out well and the altitude kills their power and then they try to put it all down with a set of BFG hockey pucks.