340 or 360?

[RustyRatRod]

Better. Better "at what". As usual, the hit dogs holler and people argue about anything. There's not enough difference between the two to live on. That's the truth, no matter how hard somebody is a 340 ball licker.

 

[MOPAROFFICIAL]

You just need another streetmaster or 302 head thread to get you through.

Where has that bottomless pit been anyhow? With all his knowledge...you would think we would be reading an abundance of threads by him where he shows us 11's on a shoestring budget with 302 heads, oddball obsolete swap meet intake manifolds and some 3.23's

 

[oldkimmer]

I love the 340. Always will. Not because it’s better than all the other small blocks it’s because it’s the pinnical of all small blocks. Kim

 

[RustyRatRod]

I love the 340. Always will. Not because it’s better than all the other small blocks it’s because it’s the pinnical of all small blocks. Kim

I think that's a very fair statement! I agree.

 

[Rat Bastid]

What's the purpose of boring it 0.080"? Wouldn't that cause over heating issues? I believe in only boring a engine enough to clean up the bores. There's article's on people running 1.925" intake valve's and port work that give just as good or better flow numbers than people who use 2.020" intake valve's. Attention to bowl area is important.

There is more to cylinder heads than flow. Flow numbers are pretty low on my list of important things.

 

[318willrun]

There is more to cylinder heads than flow. Flow numbers are pretty low on my list of important things.

Asking for my own curiosity. Shrouding and Velocity high on your list ??

 

[Rat Bastid]

Asking for my own curiosity. Shrouding and Velocity high on your list ??

Valve job. Shape. Shape. Shape. Which includes cross section.

 

[gagembassett]

Man I really did divide the small-block family LOL

 

[318willrun]

Man I really did divide the small-block family LOL

Like a V8 - 4 on one bank, and the other 4 on the opposite bank

 

[pittsburghracer]

Man I really did divide the small-block family LOL

Troublemaker. Lol.

 

[gagembassett]

Troublemaker. Lol.

I just couldn't help it! lol

 

[hotrod swinger]

If the 360 had been built for performance at the time, the 340 would be a footnote, or dare I say an asterisk.

 

[RustyRatRod]

If the 360 had been built for performance at the time, the 340 would be a footnote, or dare I say an asterisk.

Indeed.

 

[Jeff Seighman]

If the 360 had been built for performance at the time, the 340 would be a footnote, or dare I say an asterisk.

But it wasn't.

 

[pittsburghracer]

So we as racers fixed it.

 

[69_340_GTS]

340 'cause it's what came in my car, and it still has the original block.

 

[gagembassett]

So we as racers fixed it.

Exactly. Just like the 400 big block. Never got any sort of love but everyone loves them best for strokers

 

[RustyRatRod]

Exactly. Just like the 400 big block. Never got any sort of love but everyone loves them best for strokers

They can be made to haul the mail with a stock stroke, too.

 

[stroked340]

400's were dogs from the factory..a "boat anchor" 318 would beat it

 

[dartcuda1]

440

Because A 360 is a truck motor

 

[RustyRatRod]

400's were dogs from the factory..a "boat anchor" 318 would beat it

Not a 400HP.

 

[ir3333]

If the 360 had been built for performance at the time, the 340 would be a footnote, or dare I say an asterisk.

I doubt it. The dz302 is one of the Generals' all time classics as is the 327!

 

[justinp61]

400's were dogs from the factory..a "boat anchor" 318 would beat it

Hell, I thought everyone here knew the 318 was the pinnacle of Mopar small block power, maybe even more potential than the legendary 426 Hemi!

 

[318willrun]

Hell, I thought everyone here knew the 318 was the pinnacle of Mopar small block power, maybe even more potential than the legendary 426 Hemi!

Careful..... this 318 Duster took out big cube motors....

 

[K.O. SWINGER]

Better. Better "at what". As usual, the hit dogs holler and people argue about anything. There's not enough difference between the two to live on. That's the truth, no matter how hard somebody is a 340 ball licker.

I can't see where your personal hobbies have anything to do with this