In need of an education..340 vs 360.

dartcuda1 said
Most of the education you got on hear Abbot 340 VS 360s is bull crap. No matter how you build them the 340 will run out run the 360.The only worth a 360 have is availability.The 340 is worth more to a person the needs one for restoring purposes.Yes it is better to build a 360 because there is more of them around.I built both engines and still the 340 was faster.One thing you have two engines doing two different things.The 360 is the start of TQ the 340 is HP the reason the 340 will out run the 360 is it has almost the TQ and and produce more HP.If you want the correct info I would try to find a old DC book and learn from there.The new books don't have all the info you need. Mark

educate me on how a 340 will out run a 360..went they use the same heads, cams..and intake..exhaust headers.....and heads is where the horsepower is made...and how a 340 is going to out rev a 360 with a heavier pistons....is the 340 exempt from the laws of physics?

and i am not talking about a 71 HP 340 against a 74 low compression 360...lets talk apples to apples...both 10 to 1 compression with the same cam and same heads;;;;;

i have been racing 360s for decades with the same cast cranks that have turned up to 7500 rpm....so throw that BS out the window about the crank being weak...just for the uneducated..a cast crank is light then a forged crank...and the ET clocks dont know that it is a cast crank...

price out the parts for a 10.5 to 1 340...pistons are higher cost...rings are higher cost then 360....using all the same parts from there out since they are all interchangeable except oil pan...the 360 is cheaper to build to 400 hp...In fact..the 360 has alot more pistons options then the 340 does these days.....

I dont hate 340s....as I have 6 or 7 of them...i just want the biggest bang for the buck...the 360 is where its at...

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