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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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