Question about the price of 340s

SGBARRACUDA said
A Pontiac @ 8K RPM? Not very many times will you get away with that! I have scattered a 389 and a 421 in my life, way bellow that number.

Yep, you scatter a Pontiac long before 8k. It has the oil timing off like a Chrysler, the mains are big enough for a 7.5 inch stroke and the blocks are not that tough.