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1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Clone - Hemi Cuda, Part III

By Miles Cook
Photography by Wes Allison
1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Front Passenger Side View
1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Engine View
1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Rear Driver Side View
With deadlines looming and... 
   
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1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Rear Driver Side View
With deadlines looming and no time for involved tuning work, the Hemi clone still ran pretty well at the strip. After wilting in LACR's stifling 104-degree heat, we skedaddled with a corrected timeslip that read 12.94 at 108.1 mph. An ultra-nasty bog meant 60-foot times were well over 2 seconds, and a few hours of tune-up time would've easily shaved a half-second off our best effort. So would a nice cool evening.
1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Engine View
All '66-'71 426 Street Hemis... 
   
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1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Engine View
All '66-'71 426 Street Hemis came factory-equipped with a pair of Carter AFBs, but this one uses a single Holley 850 on a Mopar Performance dual-plane intake. Extensive flogging on Dick Landy's engine dyno resulted in 510hp at 5,900 rpm and 505 lb-ft of torque at 4,100.
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N filter element. Also, since... 
   
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N filter element. Also, since the Wedge-type motor-mount ears on the new Mopar Performance block offset the engine to the passenger side more than stock, the Shaker base had to be offset to fit properly in the hood.
1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Trunk View
The trunk is clean and simple... 
   
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1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Trunk View
The trunk is clean and simple and home to an Optima dry-cell battery housed in a Moroso battery box.
1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Wheel View
Center Line and BFGoodrich... 
   
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1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Wheel View
Center Line and BFGoodrich are the wheels and tires of choice for the Hemi clone. The popular Radial T/As are now available in 16-inch sizes--so the Mopar uses P225/50R16s in front and P255/50R16s at the back. The Fluted Billet Star wheels have 41/2-inch backspacing and are 16x7s in front and 16x8s at the rear.
1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Interior View
M TorqueFlite trans, and the... 
   
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1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Interior View
M TorqueFlite trans, and the only real deviation from stock are the white-faced gauges from Instrument Service Inc.
Year One
Dept. 5.0
P.O. Box 129
Tucker,
GA  30085
(800) YEAR-ONE

www.yearone.com
Holley Performance Products
270/781-9741

holley.com
Ultimate Rides
11640 Gateway E.
El Paso
TX
Hedman South
730 Branch Dr.
Alpharetta
GA
Sport Chrome Plating
404 Broadway
Houston
TX
Griffin Thermal Products
www.griffinrad.com
Performance Suspension Technology
P.O Box 396
Montville
NJ  07045
(800) 247-228

www.p-s-t.com
DynoMax
2701 N. Dettman Rd.
Jackson
MI  49201
(800) 767-DYNO

www.dynomax.com
Mopar Performance
moparperformance.com
Drivetrain Specialists
26400 Groesbeck Hwy.
Warren>
MI
Master Power
254-1 Rolling Hills Rd.
Mooresville
NC
Dick Landy Industries
19743 Bahama St.
Northridge
CA  91324
MSD Ignition
El Paso
TX
915/857-5200

msdignition.com
Center Line
13521 Freeway Dr.
Santa Fe Springs
CA

www.centerlinewheels.com
M Performance Products
9142 Independence Ave.
Chatsworth
CA
BFGoodrich
1 Parkway S.
P.O. Box 19001
Greenville
SC  29602-9001
Instrument Service Inc.
11765 Main St.
Roscoe
IL

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