Need help choosing an engine!!!

what engine would you choose!!

  • 340

    Votes: 152 52.6%

  • 426 wedge

    Votes: 30 10.4%

  • 440 hp

    Votes: 49 17.0%

  • other

    Votes: 58 20.1%
  • Total voters
    289
  • Poll closed .
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Just a stock 340 short block with the right goodies up top is 400+ HP motor. Will handle way better than a big heavy BB.
 
superdart340 said:
what engine would u choose,,340,,426 wedge,,440 hp:burnout: 68 dodge dart
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My 68 Dart is at the body shop but it will be getting a warm 340 with Hillborn injection


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Hemi, Hemi, Hemi.

Did I say Hemi?

Either old school 426 or like mine new school 5.7/6.1

Regards,

Joe Dokes
 
I have a 72 swinger with a 225. I also have a 440 on the stand, but that's just me. I would display a pic if I knew how to. I'm new here.
 
guys and gals,there is a few days left on the poll and i have made my decision as i got a deal i couldn't pass up..68 340 all new parts,kb pistons,all brgs,rings,gaskets,all machine work done,x heads rebuilt with new valves and springs,needs to be put together 1650.00 i'm happy to find this deal thanks for all the replies and votes,,ya'll have a blessed week..sd340,finally i will get to use the str-12 with a pair of 450 holleys,THE WOW FACTOR!!!
 
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WILL LOOK like!!!! THIS IS THE FIRST MOTOR I BUILT FOR MY DART AND HAD TO SELL,
 

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A bit ago you were in a bad way and askin for help. None of my beeswax really....BUT that was not long ago. So with that in mind, "I" would do something simple and affordable like a stock bore and stroke 360.
 
I vote 440 RB because there is no substitute for horse power like cubic inch displacement, stroked! I own a 340 now and to establish it for upper end is difficult. I used to own a 440 RB to establish it to slow down was difficult. In a race a 340 will take a 440 until it hits it's upper power band and that's it the 440 walks away with it, usually about two car lengths. Same with a 351 against a 428. A friend had a 65 Stang with a 289 with thousands of dollars in it and my brother had a (stock) 69 Torino Cobra Jet 4 speed and we ate him up at 3rd gear every time. The Stang would win in the 1/8th every time but never in the 1/4. That is the difference in C.I.D.
 
What engine does it have in it now. It's a lot less money and hassle to stick with what brung ya to the dance. However if it's a 198 slant let me be the first to tell you to swap it and let me__ be the first one in line to buy your slant! LOL!

If you go big block, running headers is a hassle. And why would you build a big motor and stick wadded up socks in your secondaries, seems running manifolds would be about the same to me!

I built a 440 to replace the slant six in my Duster without consulting anyone ( didn't know about this site ) and then found out to run headers I had to cut the inner body of my car.

They did however make big block k frames and manifolds for your car and you can probably buy them of someone on this site. I understand they can be quite pricey!
 
My first car had a Oldsmobile Rocket 350 painted all gold--dummy me thought back then factory was the best way to go and I cleaned the whole engine one day and re painted gold, duh.

Right now my 340 is Chevy or Ford red--I forgot--engine shop had no Chrysler red paint had to order it, I said screw it, who cares, paint it whatever red you got, lol
 
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