I've been gone for a while, but back home & into the project again. Yeh, Mike I think I'll go your route & put that o/d 833 in. The gearing sounds right. I hear rumours that the A833 is not a strong o/d. I'm thinking possibly it's just a matter of how it's done up. I have a 700R4 with 500 ponies in my camaro and I abused it on several occassions for 3 yrs. and so far so good. The other route is a standard. I have no idea if there is a 5spd.swap out there for the 340, 6spd. Viper is way to pricy, and a 4spd. std. I'm not sure of the gearing.......... if auto is better in that department or not. Thanks for the welcome Canadianal, The motor has an after market aluminum intake. I was told to check for numbers just below the heads........ I'll see what turns up. The other thing I need are front fenders for the 69 Barracuda. I see there are fiberglass ones out there so have to find a good price on some and get this project moving. When I find some numbers on the block, I'll check that sight Dan-0.