Whats the deal with 340s?

318willrun said
Not picking on you, either. But I'll state some facts. Not everyone wants a 5200 stall converter and 4.88 gears in their street car. Most don't want to turn 4000 rpm's to do 55 mph. I wouldn't take a car like that on a 10 mile cruise. Had a street car once with 4.30 gears and 3200 stall. I HATED IT! So guess what???? Torque plays a factor in this type of car. Period. That is why they make stroker kits and add length to the crank. If your theory was right, everyone would be DE-STROKING their 340's to make them 300's and REALLY go fast.... that's it! De-stroke the 340 to a 300, run 5.13 gears and a 5500 stall with a 320 duration cam and you'd have the perfect highway cruis'n street car...... :D

Dude, you just screwing with me ain't ya? Because I never said ANYTHING about 4.88's and 5200 converters for 13 second cars. WTF? what I said was you didn't optimize the combo's. You don't need that **** to run 13's. My Dart Sport went 12.90's with a 3.23 gear, junk clutch and crap carb when he bought it. How you guys go so slow with so much is stunning. I'm going to the track today, and I know I will be jaw dropped all day watching big brother engines go slow. I will see chassis that will run like they were tuned by a preschooler. It will be embarrassing.