1965 Plymouth Barracuda
 

What is it they asked...

1965 Plymouth Barracuda 273/235 HP Commando

Classed in F/SA in 1965 -

Doug Patterson won the F/SA Class at the 1965 NHRA Springnationals.

Then went on to Runner-Up in Junior Stock Eliminator.

In September 1965, set the NHRA National Record.

13.62 @ 102.95 MPH

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Re: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
 

Personal favorite:

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Re: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
 

Charley A,

Check out those 'tubes'

In 1965, try finding a Header Company that made a good set of tubular headers for the 273 A-Body......

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Guessing they were trying to stay"equal length" and just could not fit it all under the hood. Funny now....way cool then!

Re: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
 

October 1965

NHRA 'F/S' National Record Holder

13.44 @ 103.68 MPH

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Re: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
 

That 13.62 record was an altitude adjusted record. The actual time the car ran was 13.98 at Bristol. Fred and Doug had a fast little cuda but there was no way those cars would in the 13.60's in 1965. That record was what forced us to move to a 180 hp -273 and run I/SA, and later N/SA. Our first set of headers actually exited in front of the front tires. The small engine compartment forced you to be a little creative with header technology. Then Dougs and Stahl came up with nice designs for the little cars. A pain to install, but nothing was easy with those little cars.

Re: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
 

Rob,

Weren't they protested because of the use of the controversial
Carter #3447 AFB Carburetor, which was permitted by the NHRA.

The 600 CFM rated unit, that was used on the 1963 '426 Max-Wedge' engine.

The #3447 had a 1 7/16" Primary and 1 11/16" Secondary, and the
273 Cast Iron Intake required the 'secondary' bore hole to be opened up.

That 600 CFM AFB did make a big difference over the 'stock' 500 CFM AFB.

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Re: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
 

I don't remember anything about that. But that doesn't mean it didn't happen. I agree, going to a 600 cfm carb would have helped the little cars a bunch.

Re: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
 

Rob,

Weren't the 1965 - 273/235 HP - Barracuda's listed at #2930 lbs. {Shipping Weight}, which put them a 'hair' under the 12.50 Wt/Hp.

Yet, the NHRA permitted them into the {12.50 to 13.99 Wt/Hp} F/S and F/SA Stock Class in 1965.

Re: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
 

No, the shipping weight was 2940 lbs which put it at 12.51 lbs per HP. The car was made for the class. If you ever want to check any of the original shipping weights on the older stuff, I have all of the original NHRA classification guides and spec sheets from the 60's.