340 Vs 360

Time and time again I run into guys (young and old) that ask what engine is in my Cuda and as soon as I tell them it has a 360 (it's actually a stroked 360 now) they get this look on their face that tells me their not impressed at all (as if I care). Many times they ask "why not a 340" and when I tell them the 360 runs just as good when built equal I can tell their reluctant to believe me. It all comes down to reputation. As mentioned above the 340's were performance engines that womped even a lot of big blocks so they gained a big reputation of being bad to the bone back in the day. The problem is their lack of knowledge in knowing all the same high performance tricks that work on a 340 work on a 360 with very similar results. IMO the 360 will most likely always be doomed to be known as the wimpy little brother to a 340, but we know it's really not.