Dan Juday Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 "Ooh..., Baracuda" Man, there is just something visceral about those old Mopars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalium99 Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Six Pack? I always thought that 'Six Pack' referrd to the Hemi Six....and I didnt think you guys got the Hemi Six.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 "six pack' was dodges name for three 2 barrel carbs. It was known as Tri-power on Pontiac, Chevrolet (some vettes I believe) and Ford had them on the FE blocks as well as earlier y-blocks. Its old school and the better ones run the middle 2 bbl progressive. Once you tromp it the other outside 4 bbls come in. In a shoot out its HP advantage really isn't significant at all, a large 4 bbl or 2 4's will run more power on the tests that I have seen. The six pack in Mopar was put on the 340 small block, and 383 and 440 big blocks (not sure on the 383, but the 440's had it in the road runner and GTX's.). Thats a serious 340 in that car (or at least he advertises as such could be a stroker these days), check out the daylight under the front wheels. That is hooking up baby. The 340 is a serious little motor, I was in a challanger that nearly pulled 140 with a 340 in it, it was quick and one can only imagine what a hemi cuda (426 inch 2 fours underrated at 425 hp 500 ft/lbs of torque, but estimates of over 550 hp stock wouldn't surprise me as being right) feels like, I've never ridden in one. Regards, Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted August 9, 2002 Author Share Posted August 9, 2002 in the US the six pack referred to either 340 or 440 with forged taller connecting rods and higher compression, and the term six pack came from 3 2-barrel carbs. Here's a pic of that cuda standing still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted August 9, 2002 Author Share Posted August 9, 2002 Lining up... Damn show off... [/image] Six Pack wins 10.5 to 13.3 this is from a year ago when I was at sacto raceway. ah hell, i'll throw in a turbo busa in the mix too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racin_Jason Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Cool pics. I gotta get back to the track myself. Just isnt the same without a car to run tho. Soon hopefully! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frank280z Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 Nice pics. My father left his first car to my brother and me. 1967 Barracuda Fastback. Wish it was a Formula S. So did he...Always a nice story behind every car. The car has 46k on it. But I don't think it will pull of a 10 sec run!!! What was the time on the busa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1 Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 That's a super nice Barracuda and obviously pretty quick, but it's not a six pak. six pak's used a long oval air cleaner, that one's got a round K&N and what looks like a dominator on it. Mopars are pretty awesome. Even without all the aftermarket support the chevs and fords have, mopars are very strong running cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted August 15, 2002 Author Share Posted August 15, 2002 mind you, chances are it's NOT a stock carb setup the busa ran 12.5 at first, then by the time I was leaving, he clocked 9.0 flat, and there were still 2 hours of racing left, I imagine he got it down to midhigh 8s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zfan Posted August 15, 2002 Share Posted August 15, 2002 There is a Beracuda running around Dallas that is a very sweet daily driven 340 that runs mid 12's. I would love one myself. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 Know what you mean. My first new car was a '70 340 'Cuda. I used to eat everything on the road up to 400 ci except for Z-28's. They always had higher numerical rear ends than me and I wouldn't catch them until around 105-110. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 I know a guy who has a Plymouth Satellite with a 440. Last I heard he ran a 10.90 on motor. He tried a run with nitrous, but blew the tranny. He may have been at the drags on Aug 10th though. Maybe Stony saw him when he was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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