LedPhoot's '73 Cuda (she’s alive)

[ledphoot]

o2 bung is in place and now the fun with wiring begins.. Redoing connections / terminals and cut to length wire to avoid any butt connectors.

[ledphoot]

She has risen.

For the first time in 30 years this Cuda has been resurrected from the dead.

She has been made better, stronger and faster than before. The 340 has been stroked to 416 cubic inches, Comp Cams XE284, Custom JE pistons with 10.5:1 compression / tight squish, ported Edelbrock heads, Holley Sniper EFI, TTI headers.... etc etc.

Thanks Craig "Dr Frankenstein" McDowel, this wouldn't be possible without all that you've done.

There's still a lot of stuff to do to the car but this was a MAJOR milestone and I am ecstatic.

[7212Mopar]

 
Will the Cuda appears in Mopar Alley next month?

[ledphoot]

Mopar Alley?

Not sure. Have work commitments that'll keep me from making much progress this month. Going to straighten out all of the wiring, make everything neat and tidy. Get the hydraulic clutch plumbed. Sort out the radiator / fans a little better. Then it's exhaust, suspension alignment and interior. Hoping to drive it to Hot August Nights this year along with the Challenger.

[YellowThumper]

Awesome!
I understand the feeling as I had another project (non Mopar) down for around 22 years.

Wonderful feelings now...
enjoy!
Mike

[Chryco Psycho]

Congrats !!

[ledphoot]

Mopar Alley Car show @ DeAnza... Ahhhh.. My Cuda will not be ready by then Maybe the Challenger can make it down to the show. At the very least that's in my back yard so I will have to attend.

Thanks for the heads up!

[nsmall]

Yeah buddy.  So happy for you!!!!  Congratulations.

[ledphoot]

Going to work on correcting the Tremec angle, raise the tail shaft etc... Hoping I can do this without cutting my floor. I kind of got ahead of myself with the dynamat on the transmission hump du'oh... Hopefully I can massage the sheetmetal and get the tail of the transmission up an inch.. I will cut the floor if I HAVE TO..  But going to do what I can to avoid it.

[Chryco Psycho]

usually you can massage / tweak the floor with a couple of creative dents & raise it

[ledphoot]

usually you can massage / tweak the floor with a couple of creative dents & raise it

That is what I am hoping, I would prefer not to cut the floor.....

[Chryco Psycho]

Understood !!

[ledphoot]

Understood !!

Yeah I am sure I made that pretty clear...

I purchased a number of Hammers / Dolly's and a couple of dead blow hammers off of Eastwood today, hopefully they get here by next weekend so I can take my heat gun to the tunnel, warm it up and start pounding. I have a good idea of all of the contact points. I am also going to have a look at the transmission itself to see if any clearancing can be done on the case... I believe I will get the 1" of additional space I need.

[ledphoot]

Wiring mock-up almost complete. Think the factory engine harness consists of about one or two primal wires at this point. Almost ready to wrap it in DEI loom.

[Chryco Psycho]

Cool , everything looks great