(car enthusiast)That thing got a 340 in it? (me)Its got a 360 (car enthusiast) :sad1:
...now your issue may be because a 360 never came in a Dart....so the uniformed would never expect it.
I guess You're not counting Dart Sports?The whole knock on 360"s is purely
born of the ignorance of the average Joe.The 340 IS just a large bore 318 w/LARGER
ports&valves.The basic 340 package was hot,the basic 360 package was not,thus the
generic rep.However,save for the forged crank units,there isn't anything that makes
the 340 better that can't be simply bolted onto the 360 at rebuild time for no more$
Higher compression?Check.Bigger cam?Check.Heads w/2.02 valves?Check.Proven
TQ intake?ChecK. The 340 had the highest valve area to disp./cyl. of any inline arr.
headed eng. in mopars stable,largely responsible w/the taller than 318 head ports
for the top end balls,esp. w/the "X" castings which were generous.
This is what I like to say anytime someone says "Oh its just a 360",wanna run?
I also liked to run my 383(same, is that a 440?,Oh...)against those "superior"
fan favorites, who just couldn't understand how they got their *** handed to them
by the "ordinary" 383 that came out of a coronet.:glasses7:
