Where can one find scripture and verse on specifications, fitment, interchangibilty and cannibalization of 273/318/340 heads, blocks and exhaust manifolds/ headers???
Is there a matrix chart or computer program in captivity somewhere?
Suggestion: Read a lot of posts here on question about builds and gather a lot of that info. An example is the post from prine on the OEM head summary. But that leaves out all the after market heads, AL and iron. I have been going down that road of 'catching up' on all the mopar small block info and it's taken a couple of months to get a good framework of info to work from.
So the first and most important questions for the OP are:
- Are you trying to duplicate the 340 performance you had, or go further in terms of HP and torque?
- What is the primary use of the car and engine? Street cruise, street performance, drag racing? What aspects are important to you? Max high RPM HP? Trailer towing? A 'wild and hairy' ride that you can barely hold on to when you just touch the throttle? Good fuel mileage? Just be realistic: some things are mutually exclusive.... the usefulness of the suggestions is very dependent on hwo well you tell people waht you really want to achieve. It sounds like you want an OEM 340 clone: 300+ HP and decent street manners, but let's be sure.
