| Engine/Trans/Rear |
| Engine |
| I have done very little to the 340 in the car. Its one of those that just runs to good to mess with. The block is a 72 casting 340. I have no clue whats inside the thing. The cam is probabbly alittle bigger then stock and starts to pull hard around 2500rpms. The motor was topped off with a Eddy 600cfm carb and an old LD340 intake when I bought it. I stuck a HVH super sucker 1" spacer between the 2 and notice a good gain in torque. I never check the head casting numbers but they are later 360 heads with the smog ports in them. I replaced the vacume advance dist with an old dirrect connection tach drive dist. added a MSD 6AL box and a set of unknow headers to it. I also swapped in a set of new Crane valve springs and a new roller timing chain. Thats all I've touched. After the suspension is done I'll start making changes. The planned combo is 340 4" stroker crank Flat top pistons zero decked H beam rods balance bottom end. Edelbrock performer RPM heads ported Custom solid cam 250 int. 260 exh. .580-.600 lift roller rocker M-1 single plane 950 Hp carb or STR-12 with 2 Edelbrock 600 |
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