Mopar Muscle Association UK

I'll be there after missing a couple of years, looking for fiddly Barracuda bits like UJ bolts and straps, brake hardware, pipe fittings that kind of thing, and trying not to get tempted into buying things I can't afford or that turn out to be broken when I get them home (as usual) :lol:

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that K frame drop is a very interesting tweak! Unless I'm misunderstanding, as the steering is bolted to the K frame, the effect is coming from the change in the relationship between the lower and upper suspension points, and how the line between them relates to the pivot points of the track rods ...

ah, cheers Martin, maybe that's it...

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delivery people didn't bother delivering so wondering what my odds are of getting some tomorrow :-/

No. All ready to go, great weather, not too busy, started up well and sounded mean as hell. Then it started venting and smoking out of the left bank more and more and dripping oil and it was clear that a run was too risky. If I'm lucky, it's the head gasket, if not maybe a ring gone.

yep. it's definitely a whole different ball game from running the Dart. The risk of stalling on the line or sputtering up the strip isn't far from my mind.

Though to be honest, having given it the beans even briefly, the sheer terror will probably block out the embarrassment factor

ok, just down to me being brave/stupid enough to just keep my foot in it then :-D

I'm hoping to run my slingshot properly for the first time at Shakey this Sunday, and it has occurred to me that since I've only done a couple of short first gear blasts before engine problems emerged I don't really know what happens when I change gear :D

It's a Godley race glide, so is it simply ...

Having gone through the upgrade process with my last Dart, swapping to 340+727 I've got to say that I'd consider just working over the 318 and using the 904 if you're mostly just having fun with it as a road car. I had a bit of bad luck with things like the propshaft company not balancing it ...

if you decide to avoid the cross member surgery and fit a 5.9 to a 727, I have the right B&M flexplate for that, was about to list it on ebay but happy to hold on to it for you if you want?

I think given the way the DVLA/VOSA seem to have it in for modified cars I'd be pretty careful about chopping ...

that's cracking. Wish I'd bought something like that instead of the bloomin Barracuda... I'd be racing by now

all I can say is that I've seen enough threads on other forums to suggest my experience of SSBC wasn't unique. After I posted that I ended up changing the master cylinder and adding a booster, so by the time I got them working to a decent standard I had spent £1300 or more, a great deal of time, and ...

yes, it definitely gets the heart rate going! I've never been to North Weald before - it's a great event though it's probably a bit bumpy for a car with no suspension ;)

Sadly the only other car event there this year (apart from today) clashes with the Nats. But I'm definitely going to get along ...

cheers guys - it's not so much a fuelling issue as an oiling one - had quite a bit of oil spraying in my face and backed out of it, which then fouled the plugs :D

Traced it to a faulty oil pump - the pressure relief valve was stuck so it was hitting about 120psi and spraying through the rockers ...