My Cuda has a 71 date code hemi in it. I bought the car from a lady who could not give me any mechanical history on the car since the owner (her husband) had done most all of it himself and did not keep good records. Unfortunately, he passed away with cancer. Fortunately-she sold the car to me in 2003.
In 2500 miles of driving the car, it consumes about 1qt of oil per 500 miles, and smokes blue from both exhaust pipes upon moderate to hard accelleration. So to spare you all the other commentary and speculation, I am taking it to a local speed shop yet this month to tear it down and inspect.
Until tear down, we will not know anything about the crank, cam, pistons, head components, etc. I know it does have MP aluminum heads on it, Edel intake, 2-9000 Performer carbs, 2.25 headers and full 2.5" exhaust on it now. I mated it to a 5 speed Tremc last summer and 3.54 Dana 60 follows behind. The wheel dyno last spring peaked at a dissapointing 354hp.
If you were build this b%tch backup (with a limitless budget), how would you do it? I am open to all opinions and links to websites. Thanks in advance!!!
