340sFastback
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Cylinder taper in spec? Them bores look real good
very mild 360 build.
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abodyjoe
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yea it woudl be a bit of air for a split second.
abodyjoe
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gonna measure all that tomorrow.
I'm sure whichever you choose, it'll run good.
Dan the man
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I looked up melling cams, do you have a part number by chance? I'm only asking this for a future reference. Thanks RRR
Try scrolling through Summit
Dan the man
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K. Thanks. I'll look
Melling SPD 25, for God's sake, doesn't anyone have the internet around here?
I like that Hughes!
I am sure the Hughes cam will be a 'good' cam. People install them....& they get a performance increase. The butt meter can feel it.....& it doesn't lie, right?
But is there a better cam that will increase performance across the rpm range? You will only find out by trying different cams in your combo.....
It does cost time & money....
But is there a better cam that will increase performance across the rpm range? You will only find out by trying different cams in your combo.....
It does cost time & money....
Dan the man
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Yes sir I do, but I wasn't sure of which cam you were talking about. I didn't mean to aggravate you. Thanks RRR for the number.
Dan the man
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I went to Hughes website and I can't find what the advertised duration is for this cam. I know that the duration at 0.050 " is what to go by but I'd like to know the advertised duration as well. Does anybody know what it is?
abodyjoe
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One thing nice about 360 threads is that no one jumps in and says "why don't you just put a 360 in it."
lol. i do have a std bore 340 here too.. i know the 360 will be a better street engine for me, but months ago i was thinking maybe doing the 340 ( mind was just going in all different directions) so i called a few friends and was running ideas by them and they all said , the 340 is a good motor but you know the 360 is better for what you want to do.. i laughed and was like yea, i know.
Love a 70 Dart
Dartswinger70
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Id add windage tray, zero deck pistons with valve releifs and a cam...I don't know why people would choose a 318 over that...
abodyjoe
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have a windage tray for it. not doing pistons unless the block needs to be bored. i'm not after a race car. its a cruiser and needs to act like one.
abodyjoe
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agree.. seems so many want to build 600hp motors any more.. not my thing for this car. this car is a cruiser and it needs to have good manners, be peppy, get decent mpg, not run hot or ping and be simple. needs to get up on the highway and cruise 75-80 mph. i think jamie will drive it much more this way. i thought about doing a 408 and decided if i was dropping that kinda money that i'd just go gen 3 hemi. in the end i didn't want to be bothered with all that. i have the 360 (multiple actually), knew how it ran, know it will be a fun car and look the way i and more improtantly jamie wants it to look under the hood with a mild 360.
to be honest when i had my yellow dart it ran 12.teens and was a blast around town, but i like going distances and with that motor and 3.91 gears it would go distances but it just wasn't "fun" for me.. when i hurt that motor and stuck this stock 360 in it with a 2.94 gear i enjoyed the car so much more.. it was surprisingly peppy and cruised anywhere i wanted easily. it got as good as 17mpg with a big 780 on it even ran well on 87 octane... i just wanted to freshen this motor up before dropping it in this dart. good thing i did. found 2 cam bearings in not too good a shape. so i'm sure this motor dressed basically the same as it was in the yellow car with a little cam, low gearset trans and 3.23 gears should be a bit more peppy and still cruise and be fun like i really want.
Perfect.
But most don't want to build the drivetrains to go with it.
Wasn't super long ago 300-400 hp were super car numbers, now everything is 700hp + and family sedans are 300-400 hp but weigh a lot more than A body.
Exactly!
They do not give advertised numbers anywhere on there site.
Never did. No one knows the advertised numbers unless they figured it out themselves on there engine or had it “Cam Doctored.”
Freakin funny ****. He still finds a place to cry about and bash a 318. The only place it’s mentioned (318) is on an engine I did at 18 years old. 39 years ago! LOL!Id add windage tray, zero deck pistons with valve releifs and a cam...I don't know why people would choose a 318 over that...
Dan the man
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K. Thanks. I was just wondering. I know that comp cams and lunati show the advertised duration, it's no big deal I was just curious
Yea man, no worries. I myself like a lot of people would love to know. I guess it’s a super secret squirrel kind of thing.
340sFastback
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Good to have clear goals and vast experience to help arrive at those goals. I think a mild 360 will push the small car around with a tad of authority with that 3.58 inch stroke torque.
340sFastback
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Id add windage tray, zero deck pistons with valve releifs and a cam...I don't know why people would choose a 318 over that...
Availability... i looked for a couple of months for a 360 in my area.. nothing. also 318s are $100-400... 360s much more if you can find them... or they already have a 318 laying around.. could be tons of reasons.. i could swear we had talked bout this before
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