'67 Barracuda dragcar

Here's what it looked like before.
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Here's what it looks like now!
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Basically, back in the beginning of the season, it broke lol It was making a pass when it lost oil pressure and went pop. Essentially, the valve springs were weak and a piston sucked a valve, they made contact. 2 pushrods came out of their journals. Blew a spark plug in half. Cracked the piston and cylinder wall. Long story short, it's getting a new motor and front end rebuilt. The old 440 had enough torque that it actually split the frame of the car.
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So that's all welded back up and the rollcage is rebuilt. Currently waiting on connecting rods then it's just a matter of putting the new engine together and in the car. :party18:

Putting another 440 in it? What did the car run previously?

And if that is your garage I am one jelous man!!!

D-Rod wrote:

Putting another 440 in it? What did the car run previously?

And if that is your garage I am one jelous man!!!

If everything works out we're putting a bored out and decked 440, it'll be +500c.i. and +13:1 compression with the torque of God :llooll:

Oh hell no!! I wish! It's at a friend of ours, he builds tons of Mopars and we don't even have a quarter of what his garage is! We don't have nearly enough room to build a car like this unless it's down in the bodyshop, but that takes up space for a car we could be working on for a customer. Here's another shot of his shop...
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The place is full of engines, transmissions, differentials, rollcage tubing and everything.

good lord lol. that ought to be a pretty mean dragster when you get it back together.

you say your friend knows mopar? what can he do with a chrysler 2.5L 4cyl? lol

nice! extremely impressive garage

91foxbody wrote:

good lord lol. that ought to be a pretty mean dragster when you get it back together.

you say your friend knows mopar? what can he do with a chrysler 2.5L 4cyl? lol

What can he do, you say? Swap a Hemi with it :Tongue9: I'm not sure if he does any 4 cyls.

MotownG5 wrote:

nice! extremely impressive garage

I agree! I need to get pictures of the rest of the garage, what I posted is about half of what it actually is!

Update!!!

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There she is. A 440 stroked out to 496 and decked block and heads for higher compression and Indy heads to help make it all work. The bottom end is built for low 9 second runs in a 3,000lb car.

awesome man... glad to see it coming along

Awesome build. I'm sure that thing is going to run!

Thanks guys! Hopefully it won't be to much longer before it's finished! We've been going into withdraw :lol3:

Update!

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looking good brother.

Thanks! So far, the front is now a walk-off clip and the hood is a walk-off also. Engine is fully built 9 second motor. Indy heads, high-rise Indy intake, 1050cfm carb, stroked +500c.i. and new Willwood disk brakes, line, etc. Front suspension is refreshed with bushings, ball joints, etc. New balanced, aluminum driveshaft, just got do some welding work on the rear end to make it hold the power and it'll be back to the track!

Real nice....MOPOWER>>>>

Snaxx wrote:

Real nice....MOPOWER>>>>

Mopar or Nocar!

Update!!

Notice it's off the rack, we're told they didn't push it off either..... yup, IT LIVES MUAHAHAHA. (No video though :baldy: )

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New cluster on the dash, just needs wired up for everything to work. Also, it finally has working headlights :D

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IT LIIIIIIIIIIIIIVESSSSSSS

Nice. Sounds good!

Sounds all business to me! You better believe I will be at the track next year to see her first pass.

dlinsbeck wrote:

Nice. Sounds good!

Thanks!

D-Rod wrote:

Sounds all business to me! You better believe I will be at the track next year to see her first pass.

It sure is! And you better! I'd be disappointed if you weren't there!

I got to witness its return to the Kelly compound. The car makes the ground shake! Wicked!

wow nice build, reminds me a lot of my brothers 63 polara drag car. hes using a 440 block punched out to 482 with B1 heads and intake. His best run last season was a 9.1 before his engine also let go, didnt get out at all this season.

r/tguy02 wrote:

wow nice build, reminds me a lot of my brothers 63 polara drag car. hes using a 440 block punched out to 482 with B1 heads and intake. His best run last season was a 9.1 before his engine also let go, didnt get out at all this season.

Wow....got any video's of that car? 9.1 is no joke!

D-Rod wrote:

r/tguy02 wrote:

wow nice build, reminds me a lot of my brothers 63 polara drag car. hes using a 440 block punched out to 482 with B1 heads and intake. His best run last season was a 9.1 before his engine also let go, didnt get out at all this season.

Wow....got any video's of that car? 9.1 is no joke!

Agreed! Was it a full fiberglass bodied car? That sucker must've been a FUN ride!

D-Rod wrote:

r/tguy02 wrote:

wow nice build, reminds me a lot of my brothers 63 polara drag car. hes using a 440 block punched out to 482 with B1 heads and intake. His best run last season was a 9.1 before his engine also let go, didnt get out at all this season.

Wow....got any video's of that car? 9.1 is no joke!

yes and no, all the video i have is on my HI-8 tapes. my brother however has some stuff on his computer, but i dont have access to it. i've got a few pics of the car/engine though i'll upload.



as for the body, from the firewall back its all the original metal bodywork, its got a full tube chassis, the front is all fiberglass except the grill which is original. doors still work also. if memory serves me correctly it weighs 2400lbs