Recent content by 408Swinger

I drove my 68 Barracuda fastback 45 miles to pick up 4 5x4.5 15x6.5” steel wheels 3 of which had truck tires mounted ( $10 each couldn’t pass ) then drove over to tire store to have tires taken off . I own 2 trucks but love to drive the Mopars … it’s my car-truck ..lol Actually I drive it...

Try posting this on Speed-Talk.com If you’ve never been on it you will be hooked. Full of members who are engineers, high end engine builders , old pros and even some formula one/ pro stock guys. Im am hesitant to post much there for fear of looking stupid … which I am in comparison.

That was more of a rhetorical checklist of items. Me thinking outloud ….. I didn’t structure the post correctly. I’ve been down paths like this and there are only so many things that can cause your detonation. I have a hard time believing that those combustion chambers are so inefficient...

Stock distributor ? reluctor out of phase or polarity backwards ? TDC not accurate ? Cam has been degreed ? Wideband reading incorrectly?

Aha … personally I would pull it and go through it in case to prevent further damage . And to verify the integrity of it . You will probably spend more time trying to get it to spin than pulling it . Do you feel comfortable doing the work ? Have the tools ?

I guess I don’t understand. Are you wanting to pull the engine out ?

Missed that . Wow! How much vacuum does that engine pull?

Put a vacuum pump on your vacuum advance to see where it is coming in at . If there is a hexagon on the can it is adjustable with a small allen wrench . Assuming you have a Mopar distributor.

Pull engine and trany as an assembly then seprate . Remove the crank . Ten remove pistons . Whatever doesn’t come out is the issue. If the pistons are stuck fill the cylinders with diesel and aceton , wrap the block in a plastic bag for a week and tap pstons with a rubber mallet ubtil they...

Super nice chrome / glass and remote . pics don’t do them justice . $200

Id like to see pics of that !

Welcome ! I wanted to buy your car in the 80s ! When it was sitting in Emmett . Did you own it then ? And if so are you still in Emmett ?

RR Convertible with 3 on the tree AND N96 ? That has to be a 1 of 1 …. If real was possibly an ordering error.

No **** ! My 70 with a 383 Magnum and 2.76 gears ( came stock with 3.23s) hit 145 back in 1980. If the 68 R/T was only doing 110 the stang would have to hit 190 to catch it within 10 miles …lol No real math was involved in this calculation…lol