Bryan added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...
>> I stand/sit corrected. Bryan and others are right - there WAS
>> a 383 CID 280 BHP engine in both 1967 A-Body cars, the
>> Plymouth Barracuda and the Dodge Dart.
>
> I seem to recall the 335hp 383 made 315hp in the A-body, but I
> can't remember the source... I could be wrong. My '68 service
> manual doesn't show any horsepower figures.
Well, I just looked in the more obscure source where I found you
were right and I was wrong, the book published by the Chrysler
Archives people. You are again right. In 1968, the 383 was rated
300 bhp, then 330 in 1969, it seems to have been dropped, at
least for the Dart GTS I was specifically looking at for 1970, so
you are right again. I don't see a 383 mentioned as available in
1970, 1971, or 1972, but that may be because the E-Body Barracuda
and Dodge Challenger cars ran the entire suite of engines.
This is what happens when I let my 30 year-old memory and my ego
get ahead of my brain, so again, sorry to have doubted you to the
point that I was getting obnoxious.
> You didn't piss me off... you'll have to try a LOT harder than
> that! lol
I'm glad to hear, that, you certainly had enough provocation from
my stubbor refusal to listen to you.
> Sadly, I'm aware that there is one less '68 Hemi Barracuda
> left on this planet. My machinist friend and former
> Superstock racer (L.D. "Dennis" Smythe) related a story to me.
> A fellow came to his shop, wanting to find an original
> Superstock Hemi Barracuda, and have him build a Hemi for it --
> the man had buckets of cash. A car was found, a Hemi was
> screwed together, and the man took it out to the dragstrip
> (Seattle). But, the car wasn't fast enough for him and the
> machinist suggested a fiberglass body. The man used that
> original SS car body to make a mold (which involved cutting
> the body into sections). I nearly cried when I heard the
> story. I have not known Dennis to joke about such matters.
> Prior to hearing this story, I chanced upon the man and his
> 'glass Barracuda at a bracket race. He was dialed-in well
> into the 8s (I redlighted against him).
Didn't know that, thanks for the info. And, thanks muchly to give
me a gentle shove to dig deeper. "Seek and ye shall find"
certainly applied here!
>> So, please forgive a tottering old fool.
>
> I'm not far behind you! lol
--
HP, aka Jerry
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