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- - -   DUAL EDELBROCK 4-BARREL CARBURETORS, FLOWING 600 CFM
         EACH, DUMP AIR AND FUEL INTO A LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM INTAKE  - - -



        LOT #720
        1970 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA


        CUSTOM HARDTOP





        The modern HEMI lettering on this 'Cuda's clean Shaker   5-speed manual transmission that kicks a spry Dana 60 rear
        hints at the 6.1 liters of modern HEMI power that reside   axle that's finished with a Sure-Grip differential and big 3.73
        beneath the hood. The $24,000 Street Legend HEMI      gears. The drivetrain pushes a full XV Racing suspension that
        engine was sourced from Indy Cylinder Head. At the top   cages quality Hyperco coilovers in beefy sway bars. Turns
        of the professionally assembled engine, dual Edelbrock   come courtesy of power rack & pinion steering. Hydratech-
        4-barrel carburetors, flowing 600 CFM each, dump air   boosted Baer calipers cinch a quartet of drilled and slotted
        and fuel into a lightweight aluminum intake. That intake   rotors to manage speed. There's a pair of welded subframe
        feeds CNC-ported heads, which stack body-matched valve   connectors that ensure the massaged HEMI isn't at odds
        covers on chromoly pushrods, Manley Beehive springs and   with the car's menacing body. A rumbling soundtrack fills
        titanium retainers. Beneath those heads, a COMP hydraulic   ceramic-coated, large-diameter pipes that thread coated
        roller cam helps create stout 10.3:1 compression. That   MagnaFlow mufflers, and at the corners of the chassis,
        compression gets sparked by pliable FireCore wires, which   handsome Fikse wheels spin BFGoodrich G-Force T/A tires.
        are sequenced to hot MSD ignition. Spent gases exit through   Inside this E-body's solid doors is a custom leather interior.
        stainless long-tube headers. Cooling comes courtesy of a   Tall bucket seats join a factory bench in stretching sturdy
        custom, double-pass Performance Rod & Custom radiator,   RJS harnesses across full power adjustment for the driver
        which is teamed with two SPAL puller fans. Lubrication is   and front passenger. In front, a leather-wrapped dash hangs
        provided by a high-performance Melling oil pump, which   familiar AutoMeter telemetry in a carbon-fiber instrument
        siphons a deep Milodon pan. The car's body-matched    panel, which sits above modern air conditioning and
        engine bay looks great under billet hood supports.    modern Kenwood audio.

        Behind the premium engine, body-matched floors center   NO RESERVE.
        a tough SFI scattershield in front of a modern TREMEC


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