1966 Plymouth Barracuda 273 V8 FIRST START-UP!

[@AtZero138]

One of the best sounds ever.. She Runs.. every time I start my Swaped 318 in my 68 Dart.. it's still makes me happy.. daily driver.. 4 years since swap.. and oh man. That BBD whistle..

[@michealgover4962]

if thats a fresh rebuild, you need to keep it running at 2,000-2,500 for 20-25 minutes to break in the lifters to the cam. if its just a transplant or a paint job rebuild, its great, love them 273's. cheep easy dependable and they respond to performance upgrades very nicely. good job!!!!!!

[@blah9664]

Good job man she's running nice and smooth.

[@themoparbrothers7595]

Thanks!!

[@jvandevender9567]

That green looks pretty good

[@groov14]

Had a 65 with a 4 speed,i miss it.

[@4spdragtop]

Congrats! Very cool distributor cap! Where did you get it?

[@samphelps3353]

Do you know what the hell the whistle noise is from those Carter carbs I have a van that does it

[@No-vm7go]

You could try actually pumping the gas. It's really not reasonable to expect those old V8s to start without having to pump the gas at least a few times. Also, I see snow on the ground there. Those old Dodges were notoriously cold-blooded, which again, means pump that gas, man. Not a bad start for not pumping the gas though. I'm actually surprised it started at all.

[@carlrenninger6991]

Very Nice !

[@saxmusicmail]

OK, I could overlook the lime green engine paint... but I have a hard time excusing the 2-barrel. The 273 is a great little engine though in 4-barrel trim. The Edelbrock .420" lift Performer cam is close to the 4-barrel Charger/Commando's cam (.425" lift). The Weiand 8022 "Stealth" manifold and AFB 625 cfm would really make it run.

[@inquiringmind4511]

The commando is so different a engine than a standard 273 you can't just slap a 4bbl carb on it and call it 4 bbl trim, sounds picky but I hate when guy's do just that and call it a 4bbl engine

[@saxmusicmail]

@@inquiringmind4511 Correctamundo! Compression on the Charger/Commando 273 was 10.5:1, and it had heavier valve springs. Cam was .425" lift, if I remember correctly, as opposed to the .390" something of the stock 2-bbl 273 and 318. Also it had a dual point distributor and instead of taking N size plugs, it took J11Y's. The exhaust was single, not dual exhaust, with a "resonator" after the muffler, though the diameter of the single exhaust pipe was larger than used on the 273 2-bbl (and 318). I did test drive both my Charger 273 Dart GT and a similar Dart GT with a 318 2-bbl, and the Charger 273 was a better performer.

[@pfolchromoly7209]

So CooL

[@tallmanmike6436]

It's green!

[@nWo2sweeeet]

the logo on the steering wheel is a Dodge logo, nonetheless, sweet car

[@Ebbeebbeee]

Why green man

[@No-vm7go]

Zombie alpaca lips. That, or jealousy. Or envy. Or b/c it's horny.