68 340 speed cams

[FWDLK Frank]

Sometime ago I posted an article about the possibility of making 68 340 4-speed cams. There seems to be enough interest now to where my friend Jim at Racer Brown was able to copy my factory minimal wear cam and make masters off of which are exact to specification. I know there are some other manufacturers out there making cams that are close, but this is the real McCoy. If you are interested, let me know. He's finishing up some back orders now but will probably do a short run of them in the next few months. They will be new US made cores and the cost will be $325 plus shipping. Let me know if you are interested. Thanks for looking and I'm sorry it took so long to get this project going.

 

[fratzog lover]

Sometime ago I posted an article about the possibility of making 68 340 4-speed cams. There seems to be enough interest now to where my friend Jim at Racer Brown was able to copy my factory minimal wear cam and make masters off of which are exact to specification. I know there are some other manufacturers out there making cams that are close, but this is the real McCoy. If you are interested, let me know. He's finishing up some back orders now but will probably do a short run of them in the next few months. They will be new US made cores and the cost will be $325 plus shipping. Let me know if you are interested. Thanks for looking and I'm sorry it took so long to get this project going.

Wow, my memory aint what it used to be, but I'm thinkin' 210/220 at .050 and .444 .449?

 

[1MeanA]

The Oregon Cams #2120 grind is based off a '68 4 speed 340 cam and is under $200.

 

[toolmanmike]

Click on this to expand. Karl @krazykuda has already been down this road.

Post in thread 'The horse is dead'

Feb 12, 2025

When the very nicest thing that someone can say is that he's short with them....
Call ken at oregon camgrinding, and I'll eat my hat if he's short with you...
Call ted at portland engine rebuilders.He'll take the time to talk to you.He's been doing this for over fifty years... he's answered these same silly questions day in and day out for more years than I can imagine, and i've asked playing myself..

Subject, being customer service here. I've been doing a headliner project for my truck and I watched this guy on YouTube in Tampa bay.. it was actually a customer filming. The guy doing...

• krazykuda

 

[1MeanA]

Maybe someone with some advertising flair could sell a few ‘modern 340 repro cams’.

 

[FWDLK Frank]

Hello everyone, I'm not going to knock another vendor/grinder or debate pricing. The bottom line is I own the dyno standard cam used for the 68 340 four speed and Jim at Racer Brown has had masters made off of it. I went through quite a bit of trouble to track it down and the story was pretty interesting of how it survived. Jim's willing to make short runs of them as time allows (he's a one man show). The cams he makes for this project are new cores which take quite a bit more labor to rough in, grind, surface, finish and parkerize. Regrinds of used cores take much less effort but have less base circle which may cause issues. It's the buyers choice if they want to spend the money for a fresh new core that's an exact copy or spend less for close enough. Either way, I've loaned my cam, Jim's made the masters and he's willing to make them. Feel free to call and order one or disregard all together. Thanks for your time.

 

[nutz]

is it the same used in a 69 340 4spd

 

[junkyardhero]

is it the same used in a 69 340 4spd

no the 68 MT cam is one year only. after that everybody got the 340 Auto cam. even 4bbl 360's into the smog era.

 

[Bewy]

$325 is for a new core. Oregon 'under' $200 is to regrind your existing cam...if the condition is good enough.

 

[George Jets]

Thank You for doing this.

Investing your time, money, and efforts along with Jim at Racer Brown taking the initiative to work with you on this worth while project.

☆☆☆☆☆

 

[mad dog]

Frank, thank you for all your hard work and perseverance for getting those cams made, im sure it took some doing.
Unfortunately I just finished my 340 with a 68-340 4 speed cam from Oregon, I was very happy with the dyno results.
I was excited when you first posted about the cams and was really wanting one of yours but i guess the timing didnt work out, I have one more 340 in the garage maybe the next one..lol
I wish you the best and thanks again...Rich

 

[FWDLK Frank]

Thank you all for your support and understanding. I'm really happy to see this project come to fruition. We made the masters almost 6 months ago. These would have been available sooner but Jim had some issues with his grinder machines and was struggling to keep up with the normal orders with 1 of 3 machines working. Things have improved now and he's finally starting to get caught up. If you decide to order, tell Jim you heard about the new cam off FABO. This will make it easier for him to gauge where the interest is coming from and when to schedule a batch. Thanks again and talk with you all soon.

 

[FWDLK Frank]

Frank, thank you for all your hard work and perseverance for getting those cams made, im sure it took some doing.
Unfortunately I just finished my 340 with a 68-340 4 speed cam from Oregon, I was very happy with the dyno results.
I was excited when you first posted about the cams and was really wanting one of yours but i guess the timing didnt work out, I have one more 340 in the garage maybe the next one..lol
I wish you the best and thanks again...Rich

Im curious, how did the numbers turn out? Feel free to PM if open forum discussion is not something you want to do. I'm building something similar. Thanks for your support.

 

[nutz]

I guess im in for one can pm or what ever you do
Need lifters too

 

[mad dog]

Frank, I told the builder that i wanted a stock rebuild, here are the numbers...
355HP
383 torque
10.3 compression
X heads with a stock mopar 273 adjustable rockers
Oregon Cam 68 4-speed cam , resurfaced OEM lifters
stock intake and carb
30 over
he did however use aftermarket rods, eagle
I hope this helps...The builder was impressed with the power and he said extremely smooth on throttle acceleration. dyno used headers, i will be useing manifolds.

 

[FWDLK Frank]

Sounds good. Call Jim at Racer Brown at 410-866-7660 between 3-6 pm any day of the week. He can give you an exact price with shipping. Thanks for your interest.

 

[nutz]

Ok will do thanks

 

[FWDLK Frank]

Frank, I told the builder that i wanted a stock rebuild, here are the numbers...
355HP
383 torque
10.3 compression
X heads with a stock mopar 273 adjustable rockers
Oregon Cam 68 4-speed cam , resurfaced OEM lifters
stock intake and carb
30 over
he did however use aftermarket rods, Scat ?
I hope this helps...The builder was impressed with the power and he said extremely smooth on throttle acceleration.

Thanks for sharing. That's impressive. I have a 70 340 bored .020 over. I'm going to be around 9.75:1, aluminum heads, LD340, 68 AVS adjustable roller rockers, stock lifters, 3.510 Mopar stroker crank, eagle SRI rods. This build wasn't really planned out, just a set of very good deals that came my way over a period of 7 years that seem to add up to a good combination. I'm curious what my end result will be. Thanks again for sharing.

 

[panhead]

Good day folks,

I called Jim yesterday and put in my order for one. Super nice to talk to.
Thanks for the opportunity to acquire an original spec cam.

 

[FWDLK Frank]

My pleasure!