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My 1972 Barracuda came with a 400” RBengine, and a 727 trans. I know that enginewas not offered in 1972, but while looking forparts for my car, the 400 engine is listed in manyparts books. Why is that, if it wasn’t available?In 1972, the…

I am installing 4-speed in my ’64Valiant, and I need to rebuildthe shifter. I have been unable tolocate an exploded diagram ofthe shifter, do you know where Icould find a diagram?Chrysler always serviced theshifter as a complete…

My car (’73 Cuda 318) is in rough shape but is basically solid. The resto books and variouswebsites do not list a paint code for Petty Blue. The fender tag is there but in bad shape so I can’tmake out what it says. I just want to verify…

I have just bought a 1970 R/T 440 six-pack Challenger. It needs a good tune-up, been sitting for awhile 1,000 miles in 10 years, but down here in Oz it’s hard to find out about the six-pack set‑ups and exactly how the system works in…

I let my ex‑girlfriend borrow my mint ’97 Neon R/T for a few days. Big mistake. She crunched the front fascia, which I’ve replaced. But, and this is maybe more annoying, she pretty well soaked the leather steering wheel and shift knob with…

I contacted you a few years ago about a noisy 741 pig I built using well used components. I swapped it out and I am finally getting back to the project for my 1966 Belvedere II. My first attempt had the pinion too far away so I tried…

I ’m helping my son finish dropping a 440 in his Dart Sport. New everything. All is great, except for little vacuum. We used a MP aluminum manifold—P4529118, and a MP cam P4120235 with 284° duration and 0484˝ lift. Vacuum at idle is around…

A friend of mine bought aused ’95 Ram pickup withthe 5.9L Cummins turbo diesel.He’s getting almost 3 MPGbetter than my new 2010 5.7LHemi Ram, even though minehas the MDS .I say this is because the dieselhas a much higher compressionratio.…

Total panel replacement--the easy way. By Richard Ehrenberg SAE