I’ve been debating on whether I should go ahead and subscribe but my biggest issue is that you say what you’re going to do, you show the part, then tah dah, the work is done. I’ve gone back to see if any work is shown and to my surprise nope, no work just the finished product. I really like the channel but I really need to see how the work is being done so I can learn. Not just work that needs to be done, to all work done. No process to how you got to that point. Sorry Jamie, but I’m out.
I’m sorry, but I can’t show every little bit of mechanical drudgery. I cannot and *will not* show you the tightening of every nut and bolt. I refuse to show wrenching time lapses and throw music on in the background either. It’s hard enough to film what I film while *also doing the job.* And then spend hours editing. And reading comments like this one. Nothing I have ever done has been aimed at viewers who need that level of hand holding - but I do try to share useful tidbits where I think they’re needed. This channel is partially educational, and hopefully entertaining storytelling. That’s all it is, and all it ever will be. I’ve got 52,000 other people and counting who think that’s just fine. Thanks, and good luck.
That tip about dot to dot being 180 out is pure GOLD. Nobody ever talked about this back in the 70s and 80s. BUT we all the found out the hard way. Yup, turn it one more revolution before putting the distributor back in with the rotor pointing where you want #1 to be on your distributor cap.
"It's days later..." Love it. Well done. I pull for these little powerplants, because they're the Rodney Dangerfield of engines: they get no respect. And that's okay. Everybody cuts their teeth on em at some point. Good vid, nice little car.
Right! That's something I don't think many other channels do. I want viewers to understand the reality that these projects take time, and things don't always go to plan.
It is most certainly appreciated. I've started too many projects only to find them harder and less enjoyable than I thought they would, and kept wondering if it was "just me". Clearly not!
Back in 1966 my dad ordered a brand new 66 Dart GT. Dark green with 1/4 black vinyl top, white interior with black carpet and a 273 with a manual transmission he said that car would absolutely scream for a little econobox
The first car I bought for myself was a 1965 Plymouth Valiant in 1970. It had a 273 engine, 4 speed manual and bucket seats. So it was almost a twin of this car. Loved that car. I can't imagine that there were many standard Valiants equipped that way.
Years ago I had a friend out of 1970 Dodge Swinger 340-speed wrecked it but saved the transmission and the engine. Bought a '67 barracuda 273 with a 4-speed. Ran so good. He never changed it. Love your stuff man!
Nice job. My parents had a 1964 light beige barracuda in the early 70’s when I was a kid. Slant 6 automatic. Was a great car for the drive in , my parents friends would come with their 2 kids and adults were in the 4 seats and us 3 kids were on pillows and blankets to raise us up a little in the back to see the movie. Was fun laying back there while they drove too, awesome memories and would take a 64-66 in a heart beat 😃
That grey felt ring thing goes in the back of the harmonic balancer, its meant to prevent dust buildup around the crank seal. Whether it works or not who knows.
That sounds logical, the hole in the center did look pretty big. I wonder what specific application it was for, I’ve never seen one in use, and I can’t say I’ve seen lot of dusty crank seals either. Either way, knowing that, I’d use it, better safe than sorry.
I had one just like that! It was 1970s i did work for a dodge dealer, and they took it in on trade,so they put it out back to be wholesale.i purchased it for $500. I drove it home that day! Great car,i never did anything anything to ,in those days it was a common practice! Yook it on numerous road trips with no problem.
That is one of the better street versions of those cars. A daily driver, for when getting there is important. If you wanted Friday night quick, that’s not the car,,, an underrated daily driver.
Had a 65 Formula S 273 4speed white with red interior....blew the 7.25 out the first day I had it . Didn't know it could have been swapped out for something stouter. I was 17 at the time and ended up buying 2 more differentials from the local wrecking yard. But damn, it was fun.I changed one of the differentials out in a blizzard. Those days. BTW, Jamie, Great Channel!
If You can find a '63-'66 Slant 6 3 spd Dart/Valiant, they usually came with a 3:55 gear set. The Auto's got the 3:23. Quite often the 3:55's that I used had Posi style differentials. Good Hunting!
Interesting! I didn’t know that. Honestly my inclination would be to put an 8 3/4 in there and solve the problem permanently… but it’s certainly not in the budget right now.
@DeadDodgeGarage When I finally got an 8-3/4" for my '65 Dart GT, Really stout 318/auto, I had already gone through 3 7-1/4's! Put the 8-3/4 in Sunday night, drive home and on the way back to work the next morning, one of the pins in the Spider gears came out and put me into the left wall on a bridge in morning traffic! Got EXTREMELY Lucky and didn't Die!
When I was a kid , I was just beginning to work on cars , I put that deflector on backward, the chain chewed the heck out of it , and that felt piece goes right inside of the damper. That barracuda grows on you I think with some bigger tires and wheel combo it could look pretty good. that 273 is a pretty neat little engine.real screamer that loves to rev
I approve of going commando. Probably unobtanium, but I always thought that big rectangular single exhaust tip on the early Formula S cars was pretty cool
Hi Jamie, this brings back fond memories from a day in May, 1970, when I did this same swap on my 1966 Dart GT in my high school parting lot. As I recall, I paid $20 for carb, intake, and air cleaner. Removed the 2 bbl setup, installed the 4 bbl, and drove home. I don't recall how I finagled the throttle linkage bracket but it ran fine. It ran hard with the stock cam. I'm sure that your 4 sp is a big improvement over my 3 on the tree....
Very nice, I like where this is going. A nice pile of 4 speeds, mostly A bodies, and I spy one of those very desirable early A body with the Ball and Trunnion, a spare for the black Barracuda.
@DeadDodgeGarage any A body 4 speed with the 3.08 1st, particularly for guys who want to do a swap into a six or 273-318 car. There’s a good workaround for the ball and trunnion trans if you aren’t into original, it involves adapting a slip spline in the driveshaft and a flange for a U joint, much like you see on 4x4 trucks.
I highly recommend the hi-po resonator that was option for commando cars. Itll sound magestical with the glass packs without being overbearing. My buddy had 65 barracuda black 273 4 spd and that was fun then we put 340 in er and got fun funner. Ran high 13s at the track with 3.91s. Anyways....hi-po resonator with polished tip. Kick yer customer to make u do it for him. 😊
Whoa, those inner fenders are quite un-holey! Also I had a joke in mind about the e̶x̶p̶e̶n̶s̶i̶v̶e̶ fancy rear glass, but I forgot the punchline, dangit...
Thanks for the video Jamie. Yeah, that poor fury was running like a dog! Our old girls really need to be driven to be happy! Congrats on the 273 work you did!
Always cool to hear you give a shout out to uncle Tony. He’s the one that turned me onto your channel and you turned me onto Tom’s Rocket Restorations videos. So symbiotic.
Lots of love here for the 273, I've got one on a stand currently building it to the D-Stock specs. Intentions are to do a video with dyno results verifying or not on the factory 275hp rating.
With headers on a Dyno seemed to make 310-320HP. Note- there is one of those cast iron 273 boat intakes for sale in Seattle- for $60- seller thinks thar since it was bolted to a 360- it's a 360 intake!- you can see the casting #'s in the ad....
@SchoolforHackers Dodge made 50 1966 D-Stock Darts for D-Stock NHRA competition. Bigger carb, cam, and came with Doug's headers in the trunk. Of course all the parts were also available over the counter for folks who wanted to do the same with their Dart or Barracuda that were regular production.
Your hard work paid off sounds great. Sounds very much like the 273 I took out of my 69 dart . It is Sitting in my garage rite now. After watching this video I wonder what I should do to it
Beauty Eh! Inches away from starting my '67 flying fish project so this is great inspiration. Thanks as always, for sharing your insights and intuitions. Cheers!
I myself like a pull cable for the choke. The only e-choke I had was on my 67 Beetle- it suuuucked. I had to trim it for summer/winter. In winter I had to make it close but it wouldn´t open fully. In summer I had to tweak it to fully open to have full throttle but then I had no choke no more. It just sucked, I wanted a manual so bad but then I sold the car… I´m glad these things work for You- I wouldn´t trust them further than I could telekinese them… There was the story of a German granny coming in the shop, complaining her VW Polo with 40hp uses too much fuel. The mechanic couldn´t find nothing so he wanted to make a test drive with her at the wheel. She gets in, pulls the choke, hangs her purse on it and praises the practicallity of the little car… I like choke cables, still…
When talking about not trusting cork gaskets due to possibly milled parts, it sent me back 32 years ago when a buddy of mine completely stripped and restored a mid '80s S-10 and had built a pretty stout 327 for it. It ran like crap, and he had the carb off twice looking for a vacuum leak, only to find the next day that the vintage Winters aluminum intake he used had been milled in the past and now had about a .16th of an inch gap between the block and the bottom of the intake. a LARGE bead of silicone took care of that, and that thing could break the tires loose with first through third gear on the old Turbo 350...
The large felt ring is for off road use or regions where the engine may be exposed to extremely dusty conditions. The felt ring keeps water and debris from destroying the seal and getting into the engine. I think I read that some place decades ago.
I put a cast iron 273 4bbl intake on my 66 Barracuda and it really woke it up. When i sold the car, which i regret, the guys that bought it were mad i did that but i kept the old parts naturally. So i said here ya go.
I would see no reason to EVER go back to a two barrel in a case like that. I love original as much as the next guy, but that’s a solid upgrade that looks stock.
As said before, love those small blocks! I do worry that all that SLUDGE you cleaned out is gonna cause an oil leak somewhere with the newer stuff we use now...
Hey, Jamie, I would also like to let you know. That I put a LIKE on everyone of your videos. So I guess that's around 300. You're obviously doing something right! Tell Tom I said hi.
*273 HYPER-PA.....errrrr, no* Still, a lightweight a-body stick car with any sort of small block is a very entertaining car (I have the same sort of nostalgic attraction to them, much like you younger folks and that "Challenger" Mitsu thing). Guess it gets down to when you grew up.... Yes, the constant bigger task of fixing up a car is best enjoyed (and motivating) by dividing up the tasks into bite-sized pieces to suit budget and time constraints. The reward as you accomplish each mini-task along the way keeps you going. Works for me, anyways.... Enjoyed it as always, Jamie. Looking forward to the next thrilling episode! - Ed on the Ridge
It’s hyper enough, I think. Haha. Agreed - any small block, four speed A-body is truly the sweet spot. Light enough, nimble enough, fun enough, handsome enough. Lots of fun to be had. Thanks!
I would tell people I owned a barracuda and their eyes would light up. Then I'd show them my 1966 Barracuda and you could see their faces change as they say oh that barracuda. I didn't say cuda I said Barracuda the unwanted A body. 🤣🤣
I went to my local home improvement store Menards where in work and went to the plumbing dept. and got the stainless steel plumbing pipe fittings = differnt lengths of pipe with threaded ends for the heater hoses and the bypass tube
Wow I always thought going commando meant something else. Great video Jamie, I picked up on a lot, as I've got my 65 to work on as soon as I'm sure the copperhead isn't in it. I don't like snakes, particularly poisonous ones, last time I was doing something with it in the front, and saw a copperhead laying on the back seat. Have to admit I haven't done much with it since then.
Just like my black on black Dart GT,day 2 survivor except mine is a console automatic.Love it respect to dave.Also can't remember if I installed dot to dot or not,must be right it runs great.
I remember Nancy Wilson did a song about this car. At least that's what we thought. We were zit faced teenagers and didn't know the song was about a homewrecker LoL! We all wanted a Dodge Barracuda. A neighbor kid got one after he graduated from high school. A yellow Barracuda with a 6 cylinder I believe. It was a nice looking car. It was in perfect shape, which wasn't too unusual in the late 70's to see nice Barracudas driving around.
You said nipples! On a similarly note, those valve covers are sexy!!! I'd love to get my hands on a set. Someone has them for sale on FOBA for like $650 which is a bridge wayyyyyyy too far. Damn you Mopar tax.
Haaaahaha, nipples. Jesus, $650? Seriously? I thought they were worth $150-200… might have just really screwed myself on that deal 🤣 you’re welcome Dave!
Excellent video as always! Love this content man. I like to use the 340 six pack coil mount on intakes like this and Weiand stealth too. Available super cheap repop on e bay.
Alright Jamie, I have to give you credit. I didn’t think I would ever hear the term “defector dish” used outside of the Star Trek universe, but you did it!😂
In 1974-75 I owned a 1966 Barracuda with 273 and automatic. The 273 was weak so I swapped in a 1967 318. The car would uncontrollably go sideways when taking off from a stop. I then bought an original barracuda with 273 4 barrel and 4 speed. I swapped the 4 speed into my barracuda. On the test drive I was hit head on. The drivers side front was pushed back to the firewall. I then bought a 1966 Dodge Dart 4 door and swapped in the 318 and 4 speed. I then swapped the 273 heads and intake to the 318. About that time i got married and got rid of the Dart. I was told that it was used for drag racing after that.
I rebuilt a 360 for a concrete pumping truck towing a trailer very strong motor 😊 lucky enough to come across 76 Duster fully option 318 motor swap that I did from a a 76 Cordova driving across country 😊 but had a bunch of trash in the carburetor from the gas tank I had to stop at least four times on the highway knocking on the carburetor loosen up trash in the carburetor when I took it across country to Colorado and back to California what was a dream come true that I ran across a 68 Barracuda on the Highway and we Caravan until I have to stop to clean my carburetor because cutting off on me because of trash in the carburetor I loved that Duster@@DeadDodgeGarage
Now as a mechanic all I work on is Toyotas and Hondas and Chevy Sparks I miss the old V8 engines the smell of oil and gasoline 😢 love the 81 Challenger content❤
I’ve been debating on whether I should go ahead and subscribe but my biggest issue is that you say what you’re going to do, you show the part, then tah dah, the work is done. I’ve gone back to see if any work is shown and to my surprise nope, no work just the finished product.
I really like the channel but I really need to see how the work is being done so I can learn. Not just work that needs to be done, to all work done. No process to how you got to that point.
Sorry Jamie, but I’m out.
I’m sorry, but I can’t show every little bit of mechanical drudgery. I cannot and *will not* show you the tightening of every nut and bolt. I refuse to show wrenching time lapses and throw music on in the background either. It’s hard enough to film what I film while *also doing the job.* And then spend hours editing. And reading comments like this one. Nothing I have ever done has been aimed at viewers who need that level of hand holding - but I do try to share useful tidbits where I think they’re needed. This channel is partially educational, and hopefully entertaining storytelling. That’s all it is, and all it ever will be. I’ve got 52,000 other people and counting who think that’s just fine. Thanks, and good luck.
Plenty of other channels for that. I'm not a Mopar guy, and I've already learned a lot from this channel.
Take a shop class. Look up your local jobs training schools.,Then you'd get more out of lots of mechanics' channels.
If he showed that, he'd likely get de-monitized from all the swearing! 😂
This isn't an airport, you don't have to tell everyone you're leaving
That tip about dot to dot being 180 out is pure GOLD. Nobody ever talked about this back in the 70s and 80s. BUT we all the found out the hard way. Yup, turn it one more revolution before putting the distributor back in with the rotor pointing where you want #1 to be on your distributor cap.
I mention it every single time I’m touching a timing chain, because it bit me at least a couple times before I got wise!
We are not addicted to the work. It’s the sense of accomplishment we are chasing.
"It's days later..." Love it.
Well done. I pull for these little powerplants, because they're the Rodney Dangerfield of engines: they get no respect. And that's okay. Everybody cuts their teeth on em at some point. Good vid, nice little car.
I love that you dont hide how long it takes between shots.
Right! That's something I don't think many other channels do. I want viewers to understand the reality that these projects take time, and things don't always go to plan.
It is most certainly appreciated. I've started too many projects only to find them harder and less enjoyable than I thought they would, and kept wondering if it was "just me". Clearly not!
Future Jamie gets all the crappy jobs lol
Back in 1966 my dad ordered a brand new 66 Dart GT. Dark green with 1/4 black vinyl top, white interior with black carpet and a 273 with a manual transmission he said that car would absolutely scream for a little econobox
What a cool car! I can't remember the last time I've seen one in the wild. Good stuff
Definitely
Love the stock manifold heat shield still in place!
Me too! I actually just got a second one with a parts 273. If I ever restore an early A V8 car, I’m ready 😅
My wife had a 65 with the Commando 273 It was impressive how fast it was for such a small engine.
The first car I bought for myself was a 1965 Plymouth Valiant in 1970. It had a 273 engine, 4 speed manual and bucket seats. So it was almost a twin of this car. Loved that car. I can't imagine that there were many standard Valiants equipped that way.
That’s awesome! I don’t think I’ve ever seen one myself.
Years ago I had a friend out of 1970 Dodge Swinger 340-speed wrecked it but saved the transmission and the engine. Bought a '67 barracuda 273 with a 4-speed. Ran so good. He never changed it. Love your stuff man!
Nice job. My parents had a 1964 light beige barracuda in the early 70’s when I was a kid. Slant 6 automatic. Was a great car for the drive in , my parents friends would come with their 2 kids and adults were in the 4 seats and us 3 kids were on pillows and blankets to raise us up a little in the back to see the movie. Was fun laying back there while they drove too, awesome memories and would take a 64-66 in a heart beat 😃
The bane of every craftsman are the necessary trips to parts/hardware stores. Eliminating those would save days of time on every project.
Yeses!!
That grey felt ring thing goes in the back of the harmonic balancer, its meant to prevent dust buildup around the crank seal. Whether it works or not who knows.
Interesting! I’ve never seen a one of ‘em installed.
That sounds logical, the hole in the center did look pretty big. I wonder what specific application it was for, I’ve never seen one in use, and I can’t say I’ve seen lot of dusty crank seals either. Either way, knowing that, I’d use it, better safe than sorry.
The Cuda that Skank and Gutterboy drove in the movie the Wraith got me into the Cuda scene. Loved that car. "He ain't no match for cuda boy".....😂😂
Nice job! You blew the God damn steering out! Kiss your ass goodbye
excellent show... i like that Barracuda
Definitely
@@dirttdude same here
Perfect video, car started Dead and now its not! Excellent Jamie!!!!!
Nailed it out of the park on that one. Haha.
It's ALIVE!
I had one just like that! It was 1970s i did work for a dodge dealer, and they took it in on trade,so they put it out back to be wholesale.i purchased it for $500. I drove it home that day! Great car,i never did anything anything to ,in those days it was a common practice! Yook it on numerous road trips with no problem.
THIS is what I love to see- THANK YOU
Bigtime
That is one of the better street versions of those cars. A daily driver, for when getting there is important.
If you wanted Friday night quick, that’s not the car,,, an underrated daily driver.
I certainly agree.
Had a 65 Formula S 273 4speed white with red interior....blew the 7.25 out the first day I had it . Didn't know it could have been swapped out for something stouter. I was 17 at the time and ended up buying 2 more differentials from the local wrecking yard. But damn, it was fun.I changed one of the differentials out in a blizzard. Those days. BTW, Jamie, Great Channel!
Every day a rainy day. Reminds me of where I grew up, in upstate NY.
If You can find a '63-'66 Slant 6 3 spd Dart/Valiant, they usually came with a 3:55 gear set. The Auto's got the 3:23. Quite often the 3:55's that I used had Posi style differentials.
Good Hunting!
Interesting! I didn’t know that. Honestly my inclination would be to put an 8 3/4 in there and solve the problem permanently… but it’s certainly not in the budget right now.
@DeadDodgeGarage When I finally got an 8-3/4" for my '65 Dart GT, Really stout 318/auto, I had already gone through 3 7-1/4's!
Put the 8-3/4 in Sunday night, drive home and on the way back to work the next morning, one of the pins in the Spider gears came out and put me into the left wall on a bridge in morning traffic! Got EXTREMELY Lucky and didn't Die!
Nice victories of success...
Rain is a good way of identifying gremlins (non AMC) 😊
I always liked the 64-66 Barracuda the best. Especially the Formula S.
@@Fevebblefester definitely
When I was a kid , I was just beginning to work on cars , I put that deflector on backward, the chain chewed the heck out of it , and that felt piece goes right inside of the damper. That barracuda grows on you I think with some bigger tires and wheel combo it could look pretty good. that 273 is a pretty neat little engine.real screamer that loves to rev
I’ve removed two over the years that were installed backwards and absolutely chewed to bits like that. It’s pretty impressive.
Looking forward to seeing it continue on!
I approve of going commando. Probably unobtanium, but I always thought that big rectangular single exhaust tip on the early Formula S cars was pretty cool
Hi Jamie, this brings back fond memories from a day in May, 1970, when I did this same swap on my 1966 Dart GT in my high school parting lot. As I recall, I paid $20 for carb, intake, and air cleaner. Removed the 2 bbl setup, installed the 4 bbl, and drove home. I don't recall how I finagled the throttle linkage bracket but it ran fine. It ran hard with the stock cam. I'm sure that your 4 sp is a big improvement over my 3 on the tree....
Very nice, I like where this is going. A nice pile of 4 speeds, mostly A bodies, and I spy one of those very desirable early A body with the Ball and Trunnion, a spare for the black Barracuda.
Are they desirable? Because I have four… my understanding has always been that they’re damn near worthless compared to the slip yoke units.
@DeadDodgeGarage any A body 4 speed with the 3.08 1st, particularly for guys who want to do a swap into a six or 273-318 car. There’s a good workaround for the ball and trunnion trans if you aren’t into original, it involves adapting a slip spline in the driveshaft and a flange for a U joint, much like you see on 4x4 trucks.
I highly recommend the hi-po resonator that was option for commando cars. Itll sound magestical with the glass packs without being overbearing.
My buddy had 65 barracuda black 273 4 spd and that was fun then we put 340 in er and got fun funner. Ran high 13s at the track with 3.91s.
Anyways....hi-po resonator with polished tip. Kick yer customer to make u do it for him. 😊
Whoa, those inner fenders are quite un-holey!
Also I had a joke in mind about the e̶x̶p̶e̶n̶s̶i̶v̶e̶ fancy rear glass, but I forgot the punchline, dangit...
Lol
Too cool! The Cuda sounds pretty sweet! Can't wait to see the next video on this one!
Thanks for the video Jamie. Yeah, that poor fury was running like a dog! Our old girls really need to be driven to be happy! Congrats on the 273 work you did!
What a unit! A few more issues resolved and that will be a beautiful driver. Simple, fun and good looking! Nice car Dave!
Thanks! I'm really excited to get it back on the road and driving me to the coast. And the gorge.
Cool stuff. Thanks for the motivation.
@@wayne8498 definitely
Always cool to hear you give a shout out to uncle Tony. He’s the one that turned me onto your channel and you turned me onto Tom’s Rocket Restorations videos.
So symbiotic.
And to add, Tom turned me onto 5 Point Parts. 👍
Oh, absolutely! He has been a *huge* help for me - both before the channel and now.
Carb throttle brackets bring out Jamie’s inner BellBivDeVoe:
🎼”Cut it up, flip it, weld it upside down. Oh nooooooo…..”
😅
Lots of love here for the 273, I've got one on a stand currently building it to the D-Stock specs. Intentions are to do a video with dyno results verifying or not on the factory 275hp rating.
Did not know that! Over 1 hp per ci on the street, that far back.
Outstanding! I'm doing something similar, but a little more radical... Very much looking forward to it.
Looking forward to your build!
With headers on a Dyno seemed to make 310-320HP.
Note- there is one of those cast iron 273 boat intakes for sale in Seattle- for $60- seller thinks thar since it was bolted to a 360- it's a 360 intake!- you can see the casting #'s in the ad....
@SchoolforHackers Dodge made 50 1966 D-Stock Darts for D-Stock NHRA competition. Bigger carb, cam, and came with Doug's headers in the trunk. Of course all the parts were also available over the counter for folks who wanted to do the same with their Dart or Barracuda that were regular production.
Still loving this little giant v8.nice work jamie
Your hard work paid off sounds great. Sounds very much like the 273 I took out of my 69 dart . It is Sitting in my garage rite now. After watching this video I wonder what I should do to it
I've always loved Cuda's, but those A body Barracudas have really grown on me.
oooo the illustrious first! I feel honored... and of course the video will be awesome as always.
Then I suppose I shouldn't tell you that JwCagle beat you by, like, seconds... Haha.
@@DeadDodgeGarage odd, his didn't show up when or after I made mine... I call YT foul! 🤣
What a little beauty
Definitely
Loved this!
Beauty Eh! Inches away from starting my '67 flying fish project so this is great inspiration. Thanks as always, for sharing your insights and intuitions. Cheers!
Haven’t brought my “new” ‘67 home yet… and I’m in no hurry to do so. But I am looking forward to it.
Impressive engine work. So many steps and essential details. I would need a list of my checklists.
It’s all in my head… but sometimes I can’t find it in there 😅
Thanks Jamie! Quite the inspiration.
I miss my 65 Barracuda. That wagon is soooooooo sweet
Thank you for the new video! I love these small displacement V8s
Those actually look good with the right 15 inch rims and raised white letter tires
I agree. But because it's still factory small bolt stuff, these 14"s (upgraded from the factory 13"s) will have to do.
@@DeadDodgeGarageRedlines would look good against the black paint.
What a beautiful looking vehicle!
Thanks!
Excellent progress!
Thanks Dave 👍🇺🇸
Jamie and Allan did all the work, I'm just the lucky guy who gets to enjoy it.
I myself like a pull cable for the choke. The only e-choke I had was on my 67 Beetle- it suuuucked. I had to trim it for summer/winter. In winter I had to make it close but it wouldn´t open fully. In summer I had to tweak it to fully open to have full throttle but then I had no choke no more. It just sucked, I wanted a manual so bad but then I sold the car…
I´m glad these things work for You- I wouldn´t trust them further than I could telekinese them…
There was the story of a German granny coming in the shop, complaining her VW Polo with 40hp uses too much fuel. The mechanic couldn´t find nothing so he wanted to make a test drive with her at the wheel. She gets in, pulls the choke, hangs her purse on it and praises the practicallity of the little car…
I like choke cables, still…
Haaaahaha. Nice. The Edelbrock electric choke is a pretty dang good piece of engineering.
I’ve always liked the small small blocks: 283, 273, 289, 304, 307.
Don't forget the 305
@ yep, that one too, it’s a great little do all everyday engine
When talking about not trusting cork gaskets due to possibly milled parts, it sent me back 32 years ago when a buddy of mine completely stripped and restored a mid '80s S-10 and had built a pretty stout 327 for it. It ran like crap, and he had the carb off twice looking for a vacuum leak, only to find the next day that the vintage Winters aluminum intake he used had been milled in the past and now had about a .16th of an inch gap between the block and the bottom of the intake. a LARGE bead of silicone took care of that, and that thing could break the tires loose with first through third gear on the old Turbo 350...
There you go!
The large felt ring is for off road use or regions where the engine may be exposed to extremely dusty conditions. The felt ring keeps water and debris from destroying the seal and getting into the engine. I think I read that some place decades ago.
Very interesting. I’ve never seen one actually used.
I put a cast iron 273 4bbl intake on my 66 Barracuda and it really woke it up. When i sold the car, which i regret, the guys that bought it were mad i did that but i kept the old parts naturally. So i said here ya go.
I would see no reason to EVER go back to a two barrel in a case like that. I love original as much as the next guy, but that’s a solid upgrade that looks stock.
273 solid lifters 👍
As said before, love those small blocks! I do worry that all that SLUDGE you cleaned out is gonna cause an oil leak somewhere with the newer stuff we use now...
Well… we’ll see
Even with the stock exhaust, she sounds like a properly angry fish!🤘
I agree!
This was a great video!
Definitely
Hey, Jamie, I would also like to let you know. That I put a LIKE on everyone of your videos. So I guess that's around 300. You're obviously doing something right! Tell Tom I said hi.
5:03 that cup on the back of the balancer is where that felt ring is "supposed" to go.
19:09 Holy tranmission yahtzee!
So I’m told! But I’ve never seen one installed before - and I’ve seen a lot of these balancers.
*273 HYPER-PA.....errrrr, no*
Still, a lightweight a-body stick car with any sort of small block is a very entertaining car
(I have the same sort of nostalgic attraction to them, much like you younger folks and that
"Challenger" Mitsu thing).
Guess it gets down to when you grew up....
Yes, the constant bigger task of fixing up a car is best enjoyed (and motivating) by dividing
up the tasks into bite-sized pieces to suit budget and time constraints. The reward as you
accomplish each mini-task along the way keeps you going.
Works for me, anyways....
Enjoyed it as always, Jamie. Looking forward to the next thrilling episode!
- Ed on the Ridge
It’s hyper enough, I think. Haha. Agreed - any small block, four speed A-body is truly the sweet spot. Light enough, nimble enough, fun enough, handsome enough. Lots of fun to be had. Thanks!
I think these 64-66 Barracudas are my favorite Mopars.
Not my favorite - but on my short list!
I would tell people I owned a barracuda and their eyes would light up. Then I'd show them my 1966 Barracuda and you could see their faces change as they say oh that barracuda. I didn't say cuda I said Barracuda the unwanted A body. 🤣🤣
They may have been unwanted at one time. Haha.
@DeadDodgeGarage all I know is at 18 and not enough money to buy a big block b body. The barracuda was wanted by me at least lol.
I guess I am a weird one because I like the looks of those 1st generation Barracudas and have since I was about 7.
Personally, would really love to own a 64 or 65 Barracuda
Yep and a lot of them had 6 cylinder engines. You either love them, or tolerate them.
I always thought these were great daily drivers.
Happy new year!
To you as well!
That is a wonderful car.
Thank you. I'm very lucky to have it.
Good to see you up and running looks like you may some day own your own graveyard garage .
Nice work , as usual .
Thanks!
Nice survivor. You’d be surprised how much difference there is in just upgrading to a 318 will have.
A 318 would be a downgrade.
Can confirm. My 2nd gen Dodge Ram 1500 has a 318 and its slow as balls. Its also 5500lb but its still slow as balls. Nice noises though.
@@glonkfpv depends on how the 318 is tuned. Generally, more cubic inches has more power potential.
Making me second guess the 440 swap in my 1969 Dart... a little. Cool build.
Thanks!
You're welcome,!❤
Hey, thanks!
10:48 thank you, and the horse you rode in on.
I went to my local home improvement store Menards where in work and went to the plumbing dept. and got the stainless steel plumbing pipe fittings = differnt lengths of pipe with threaded ends for the heater hoses and the bypass tube
Wow I always thought going commando meant something else. Great video Jamie, I picked up on a lot, as I've got my 65 to work on as soon as I'm sure the copperhead isn't in it. I don't like snakes, particularly poisonous ones, last time I was doing something with it in the front, and saw a copperhead laying on the back seat. Have to admit I haven't done much with it since then.
Por Que No Los Dos?! You know? I’ve never been big on snakes either… so I’m glad to not have to worry about that around these parts.
Very cool 😎 thank you for sharing 👍
Love these Barracuda's!
Just finnished dyno testing my 225 slant six build 356hp 370fp at the wheels back in the 1972 duster
How on god's gray earth did you make 356 WHP with a slant? I'm guessing a lot of boost.
@DeadDodgeGarage hard work and alot of money thrown at the engine 😉
Plus twin turbo 35 mil
Holy crap, that’s impressive.
@SchoolforHackers the block may not last long lol
Just like my black on black Dart GT,day 2 survivor except mine is a console automatic.Love it respect to dave.Also can't remember if I installed dot to dot or not,must be right it runs great.
Nice!
Man that barracuda and wagon both run great! Your brothers Fury sounds constipated! lol
Yeah there’s something very wrong there 😅
Thanks my 1965 273 thanks you as well
Such a sweet Plymouth
I remember Nancy Wilson did a song about this car. At least that's what we thought. We were zit faced teenagers and didn't know the song was about a homewrecker LoL!
We all wanted a Dodge Barracuda.
A neighbor kid got one after he graduated from high school.
A yellow Barracuda with a 6 cylinder I believe.
It was a nice looking car. It was in perfect shape, which wasn't too unusual in the late 70's to see nice Barracudas driving around.
I prefer the Plymouth version.😉
You said nipples! On a similarly note, those valve covers are sexy!!! I'd love to get my hands on a set. Someone has them for sale on FOBA for like $650 which is a bridge wayyyyyyy too far. Damn you Mopar tax.
Haaaahaha, nipples. Jesus, $650? Seriously? I thought they were worth $150-200… might have just really screwed myself on that deal 🤣 you’re welcome Dave!
Stop telling him what they're worth! 😉
JAMIE. Sweet 273
Runs good 😊 Never had a 273.
Excellent video as always! Love this content man. I like to use the 340 six pack coil mount on intakes like this and Weiand stealth too. Available super cheap repop on e bay.
Yeah! Tom usually has one of those on the shelf. Never used it where it doesn’t belong before, but it’s a nice piece.
Alright Jamie, I have to give you credit. I didn’t think I would ever hear the term “defector dish” used outside of the Star Trek universe, but you did it!😂
Nailed it 🤣
If you put a crease in the bottom of the front main seal it would help the oil drain back in the pan instead of outside of the seal
Interesting thought.
In 1974-75 I owned a 1966 Barracuda with 273 and automatic. The 273 was weak so I swapped in a 1967 318. The car would uncontrollably go sideways when taking off from a stop. I then bought an original barracuda with 273 4 barrel and 4 speed. I swapped the 4 speed into my barracuda. On the test drive I was hit head on. The drivers side front was pushed back to the firewall. I then bought a 1966 Dodge Dart 4 door and swapped in the 318 and 4 speed. I then swapped the 273 heads and intake to the 318. About that time i got married and got rid of the Dart. I was told that it was used for drag racing after that.
Ouch. One does have to wonder what was wrong with your 273… like this one, they tend to be pretty great!
You are going full Hollywood with your “no beard” situation
Don’t worry, it’ll be back 🤣
I forgot to congratulate Jamie on his yearly haircut! Oh I guess can wait till next year 😊
The 273 is a pipey little motor, even with a 2-barrel.
When you start your cars cold , its really , not warmed up first. Very neat barracuda, especially with the 4 speed
Not sure I understand your meaning, as most cold engines are indeed cold 😅
Looks like the factory air cleaner that came on mine and mine had a Carter AFB carb.The intake is taller than the stock one.
Absolutely - much taller. I mentioned that. Yes, a Commando would have an AFB. That’s why I have to use the aftermarket base.
Love your videos
Oh man you got me there with this Conquest Wheels on that old ass Dodge or Plymouth 😮
One single conquest wheel. Glad literally everyone is noticing that 😅
I rebuilt a 360 for a concrete pumping truck towing a trailer very strong motor 😊 lucky enough to come across 76 Duster fully option 318 motor swap that I did from a a 76 Cordova driving across country 😊 but had a bunch of trash in the carburetor from the gas tank I had to stop at least four times on the highway knocking on the carburetor loosen up trash in the carburetor when I took it across country to Colorado and back to California what was a dream come true that I ran across a 68 Barracuda on the Highway and we Caravan until I have to stop to clean my carburetor because cutting off on me because of trash in the carburetor I loved that Duster@@DeadDodgeGarage
Went to the junkyard found a Edelbrock torker 2 manifold Carter ABF carburetor what's very well at high RPMs😂
Now as a mechanic all I work on is Toyotas and Hondas and Chevy Sparks I miss the old V8 engines the smell of oil and gasoline 😢 love the 81 Challenger content❤
Thank you Jamie