Ben's 1970 Barracuda

[Cuda Cody]

   Thank for the updates.  Keep them coming!!!   

[Chryco Psycho]

Css at Dr Diff is great to deal with & can get you what you need .
Great job on the trans & the progress on the metal work too 

[falcben]

Left fender well welded in, and fenders mocked up. Next up, floors.

[falcben]

Photo issue fixed, sorry about that. I posted directly from my google photos app and I guess others can't see them.

[RUNCHARGER]

They're good now.

[falcben]

My left floor is now tacked into place, and all of my front suspension has been painted. Any advice on good strut rods? Mine are pretty rough and I have put the strength plates on the lower control arms and have QA1 upper control arms, so I might as well go for a little better strut arm as well.

Currently in a self debate on engine since I have been sanding and painting motor mounts a little lately. I originally planned on doing a modern hemi swap with my 4-speed behind it. But lately I have been leaning back to classic carburetor and badassery. I have a '75 440 block, 906 heads and a 6-pack intake. But, the car is a 383 4bbl car but I don't have it in my hands. I found a '70 383 block and I am tempted to get it.

Also, thoughts on 4 speed tunnels? Mine is rotted. Is the AMD the best? or are the cheaper ones good too, like yearone, goodmark, etc.?

[Chryco Psycho]

You have a number of choices , everyone is doing 3rd gen Hemi for good reason , they are powerful , efficient & reliable , not a bad choice !

Any big block build I would stroke , so if you do the 383 to look original you can do 438 CI , it looks stock but works better than a 440 .
If you choose to go to the 440 block again I would stroke it to 512 , it bolts in the same as the 383 & it is difficult to tell the difference between B & RB blocks unless you really know Mopars , I like the 440 block choice better , there are a lot of better choices for the RB with heads & intakes  , I like the Holley street Dom intake for flow & low height for good hood clearance & a Proform carb if you use a carb .
If the funds are there you can easily use EFI on the big blocks too , the easy way is the TBI throttle body injection with wet intake , I prefer the Multiport EFI , then I use the Eddy Victor intake & the very short Accufab Throttle body for hood clearance , but you are looking at least 3x the cost to do a multiport system .

[RUNCHARGER]

Most likely all the 4 speed tunnels come from the same place. If it was my car and it is a big block I would keep it a big block but of course that is your choice. I'm done with carbs. I will inject anything I build in the future even if it is just throttle body. My son brought up a good point about injection economics yesterday though. You can spend the money and inject an old engine or spend probably less money on the wiring necessary to install a G3 Hemi in the old cars instead.

[anlauto]

I would stick with AMD sheet metal, but for a piece like that you'll likely get away with saving a few bucks.

[falcben]

It's on the ground! Waiting for my axle to get done in class at school, and it will be fully on the ground then! Hard work is paying off..

[Chryco Psycho]

Diff is looking great