TRS-80 fever on ebay?!

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Jan 7 08:22:19 2003

At 07:40 PM 1/6/03 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 1/6/2003 7:05:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>jcwren_at_jcwren.com writes:
>
><< I have a '74 Barracuda that's being restored. The original 283 was tossed
> out into the dirt by the previous owner, and a 440 dropped in. During the
> restoration, I found a cracked piston skirt, so I had the engine rebuilt.
> We're looking for some adapter plates to put it on the dyno, but the desktop
> calculation says 475 HP at the crank. >>
>
>Actually, the original engine would have been a 318, maybe a 340. There was a
>273, but was not in production in 1974.

   No 340s in '74 either. IIRC only 318s and 360s and I don't think they ever put 360s in the E body cars. I think '71 or '72 was the last year for the 340.

    Joe
Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 08:22:19 GMT