New to V8's. 340 or 383?

Cudamike, the offer on the roller 360s sounds very tempting for sure. You big city folk got it all up there! However... Im kinda worried about the same thing as 65cuda340; the car this combo will be going in is a 65 valiant. Its got skinny little 215s on the rear, and 3.23 gears. Street only duty. The 318 with the ported heads that the car had was already on the traction borderline. The heads are where I dont want to spend anymore money, since i got a buttload tied up in those already. Still may consider it though. Send me a PM. Or, if i can figure out how to do it, ill send you one.

65cuda340 said

What the heck, I will throw in my $.02 worth. A 340 is far superior to a 360 due to forged crank, full-floating rods, windage tray, 2.02 intake valves, etc. Yes, the slightly longer stroke of a 360 will give you a little more low end torque, but in my case ('65 cuda with small wheelwells) the last thing I need is more low end--my tires are already overwhelmed beow 4,000 rpm, so I would rather have the hp on the top end.

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