Old Race 340 Teardown
Wow, such great replies!
That car ran in the 9.80's. His two biggest showings were the Winternationals and Indy.
Yes, he did have some interest in Glidden's Arrow project. He had one of those de-stoked cranks (325 CID?) in the shed. I've got it now.
Thanks for the tip on T&D rockers. I googled it - they do look similar. I have a number of the receipts for the car because he ran it as a tax deduction for his own race shop. I will look again for that name!
He had a lot of engine work done by Keith Black's shop. I'm thinking the porting was done by them. I noticed that all the oil drainback holes in the block are also chamfered.
Receipts say the cam might be Racer Brown, I'm still looking into it. I have not taken the front gear off yet to see if there's any mark.
So, I'll come clean a little bit. My brother and I had talked some time ago when I was running my own 69 Boss 302 as an open track car. He suggested that he might convert the Super Sleeper Valiant (essentially a Barracuda coupe, right?) into a Trans-Am inspired open track car. He died before we could dig into that project. So I was thinking of making over the 340 for road racing. Steel rods, different intake, lower CR, and different cam.
There's a pretty good track (The Ridge is Shelton, WA) not that far away...
So, what do you think of that idea? - Jim
Wow, such great replies!
That car ran in the 9.80's. His two biggest showings were the Winternationals and Indy.
Yes, he did have some interest in Glidden's Arrow project. He had one of those de-stoked cranks (325 CID?) in the shed. I've got it now.
Thanks for the tip on T&D rockers. I googled it - they do look similar. I have a number of the receipts for the car because he ran it as a tax deduction for his own race shop. I will look again for that name!
He had a lot of engine work done by Keith Black's shop. I'm thinking the porting was done by them. I noticed that all the oil drainback holes in the block are also chamfered.
Receipts say the cam might be Racer Brown, I'm still looking into it. I have not taken the front gear off yet to see if there's any mark.
So, I'll come clean a little bit. My brother and I had talked some time ago when I was running my own 69 Boss 302 as an open track car. He suggested that he might convert the Super Sleeper Valiant (essentially a Barracuda coupe, right?) into a Trans-Am inspired open track car. He died before we could dig into that project. So I was thinking of making over the 340 for road racing. Steel rods, different intake, lower CR, and different cam.
There's a pretty good track (The Ridge is Shelton, WA) not that far away...
So, what do you think of that idea? - Jim
