Mopar's best engines. Your opinion and why.

When I started at looking for a motor for my car, I was looking at first for a 340 and then I asked a racing mechanic and he told me this: if you race the 340 is better because of it`s high rev capability-it is rare and the price tag is usually high. Then if you look at the 360 it is much cheaper because of the availability, it has more torque than the 340 but does not rev as high. If you do not race, a mild 360 can outperform a 340 on the street. It will set you back in the seat harder than a 340, so now I have a 360.


I have never understood the obsession with 340s or why they are so overpriced .....I have a 340 car and a car with a 360 in it and comparing them, I couldn't agree with you more that a 360 packs a lot more punch at a fraction of the cost. a 340 is basically an over bored 318 with the same 3.31 stroke as a 318 .......a 360 has the 3.58 stroke and wow what a difference.