What oil/oil filter are you guys running in your stock 340's?

Beautiful engine bay. I am running Castrol 10W-30 in mine with a Zinc additive for the hydraulic flat tappet cam. I had lifter tick on my 340 but that was a different issue that was rebuild assembly error from prior owners. (Too short pushrods). I have currently redone that and going to switch from a shorty filter to a larger oil filter that is remote mount (headers).

You may just be experiencing the lifters pumping back up after sitting all winter, which could take a few minutes for sure. I wouldn’t get too excited as long as you have good oil pressure and the tick goes away after it warms up.

I hope you have a battery hold down not pictured because that is a beautiful engine bay, hate to see the battery get loose in there.


LOL! yes, the way i drive this car, i'm surprised my battery hasn't been thrown out through the grill already! all the original gages work in the car and the oil pressure is always mid-gage or higher. i checked the dipstick last night and the oil is pretty dirty. the lifters may just be trying to tell me "change the oil dumbass!"

thanks for the engine bay compliment. that is old-school Turbine Bronze Acrylic Lacquer - as is the entire car.