Let’s hear a 340 story

My (kinda) story. My Demon, Dad @Just Ron bought new at Grand Spaulding Dodge in October 1971. 340 6 pack, 727, 3.91 SG in the 8 3/4. Dad drove it on the street for 2 years then went racing. Over some time he changed the 6 pack for a tunnel ram/660 Holley center squirters, 0.600" lift cam, home ported heads, reverse manual valve body, 4.56 gears and 9" slicks. Unable to afford a stall converter at the time, it ran 12.10 @ 115mph. It would spin the tires half way through 1st gear. His friends said it sounded like he fired a 2nd engine about 1/8th mile mark. Probably like how modern turbo cars act, obviously not on the same page but you understand the analogy. He also wired up a way to shut off the field to the alternator so it wasn't charging. He says this was good for 10mph. He eventually blew it up. He was going through the lights at 7,500 in 2nd when running 1/8 mile tracks. This was at Amber Green Dragway in Eau Claire, WI and Anoka Dragway near Minneapolis, MN. He then put in a 440 out of a squad car but it wasn't as fast as that little 340.