JKCuda
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Hey all. I'm Jason, I'm from the Mechanicsburg, PA area. I just joined the site as I stumbled upon it while Googling for a new motor.
Currently rehabbing our 72 Cuda to get it back on the road this year after several years in storage. Long story short, started doing some work and found that the motor was in pretty bad shape (first time I opened it up). Engine was supposed to be a 340 but found out it was a 318 (big bummer), but the car was inherited so it's what it is. So far I've rebuilt the suspension...new leafs, shocks, bushings, shackles, the normal stuff, and installed all QA1 components up front minus the K-frame (going in with new motor). New TTI exhaust waiting to go in and I had planned to swap to Holley Sniper EFI this year but with having to do motor work that can may get kicked down the road a bit further.
Don't have any quick pics but here's a shot from tearing down a few days ago. Overall the car is in "decent" shape but was definitelyl neglected for quite some time before it came into our position. Plan is to build it up mechanically, then when I'm ready to foot the bill for a body shop just strip it down and then reinstall as it was.
Edit: photo added. It's from a few years ago when I rebuilt the suspension and did a disc brake conversion but it still looks the same now.
Currently rehabbing our 72 Cuda to get it back on the road this year after several years in storage. Long story short, started doing some work and found that the motor was in pretty bad shape (first time I opened it up). Engine was supposed to be a 340 but found out it was a 318 (big bummer), but the car was inherited so it's what it is. So far I've rebuilt the suspension...new leafs, shocks, bushings, shackles, the normal stuff, and installed all QA1 components up front minus the K-frame (going in with new motor). New TTI exhaust waiting to go in and I had planned to swap to Holley Sniper EFI this year but with having to do motor work that can may get kicked down the road a bit further.
Don't have any quick pics but here's a shot from tearing down a few days ago. Overall the car is in "decent" shape but was definitelyl neglected for quite some time before it came into our position. Plan is to build it up mechanically, then when I'm ready to foot the bill for a body shop just strip it down and then reinstall as it was.
Edit: photo added. It's from a few years ago when I rebuilt the suspension and did a disc brake conversion but it still looks the same now.
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