And heres how far the pistons stick out....

Now this was a running motor, I didnt see it in person, but the guy took video of it running before he pulled it out of his 64 Barracuda. I got the whole setup for the rediculous price of $275. My plan was to just clean it up and drop it in my 72 Duster to replace the 318 in it now. It was ment as a temporary motor till I can save up to build a 408/416 stroker. Of cource I wasnt expecting all this crazy race stuff. Anyway now I have to debate on slapping it back together and running it or putting it aside to build something out of it, or just unload it in favore of a more steetable cheap engine.

Do you think its a time bomb with that one broken piston, and would it be able to be run with just octane booster? I plan on cc'ing the heads to get an idea of the true compression, and maybe running a thicker gasket.

What do you guys think.


Butch