Recent content by Cudakid71

or I could just pull out the 340 and stuff my 440 in it. If it has to come out it's staying out!! Thanks for all the replies Guys.......and Gal!! :thumbup:

Not sure what valave springs were used, the guy that did the heads took the specs from my cam and claims he used the correct springs for my cam.

did pull the intake and found one bad lifter and the same cam lobe is pretty bad.

I need some opinions on replacing my cam and lifters. my 340 was just rebuilt and the cam got wiped out within 4 miles.:oops: what I would like to do is drain the oil and flush the engine (if there is a way to flush it) and install a new cam and lifters. I guess my question is should I try this...

I used plenty of assembly lube and I have castrol 20/50 oil in it, ran it at 2000 rpms for 1/2 hour. maybe I should use lighter oil?? I put a 484 lift purple shaft in it, any suggestions on what cam I should or shouldn't use? The engine is a 72 340 bored .030 over with a set of X heads.

Finally got the bad lifter out today, it's worn BAD and has a whole in the bottom of it! turned the engine over and yep, I have a wiped out lobe!! I only have 4 miles on this engine anyone else ever have tis problem??:banghead:

That would suck, being I only put about 4 miles on it since the new cam and lifter install.............

is it common to get a bad lifter when replacing a cam and lifters? just did that to my 340 and when I started it I had a slight tap, but it ran decent. I no longer hear the tap, but now its poping through the exhaust. I pulled the valve covers and there is one lifter that I can push down with...

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I already had the X heads totaly redone, so I will be using them. Looks like I will have a pefectly good set of J heads for sale, they need nothing but a new home! I just removed them from a running 1972 Charger 340 yesterday.

Thanks for the info, I was driving the car with no issues just wanted a bigger cam but never ran into a issue like this before. I also bought a set of X heads thinking the bigger valves would be better. I removed my J heads today and found that they had the big valves in them. so is there any...

im putting a new cam in my 1972 340. with #1 piston at TDC dots on crank and cam are both at 12 oclock and rotor is pointing to # 1 cyl. is this correct? I thought cam should be at 6 oclock and crank at 12 oclock, but when I do that the rotor is pointing to #6 cyl. Im confused...

ill buy the 340 and rear sway bar if it dosen't sell.

I saw that 70 challenger in A/C purple w/ Green stripes...........Ugly is an under statement!!

Somebody Save This Runner!!!