340 or 408

OldmanRick said
I agree with "bomber" and the others. With a tight converter and that rear gear the stroker is the way to go. Crank wise it wont matter if you go 4". Some say the late 72' 340's were cast, but i still believe that the 72' production cars were all forged. All 73's were cast. There were no 340's in 74' only 360's.

66340SEDAN said
I have a 72 340 block in my Valiant, it had a cast crank so I went with a 70 340 crank I had instead, tucked the 72 crank away for future use if needed.

Well there you go. Guess i should have phrased my quote as "i believe most 72' 340's were forged". Would really like to know the real story behind those that got out late, other than "they just must have run out" of forged. I know there were other threads about this, but i don't remember a concensus being reached. As far as the OP, just make sure what you're getting. Oh, and we love pics :D.

P.S. Did some more reading and it looks like Apr 72' and later 340's did indeed switch to Cast cranks. Dave Moore "dmoore" also had one, so i stand corrected.