Where's the 340 crate engines???

khughesprime said

Bottom line. The 340 was UNDER RATED and had much better compression than a 360. These are 2 entirely different engines. If you had like components and built up a 340 block and a 360 with the same bores- The 340 is always better. The 340 is the "hemi" of the Mopar small blocks. No hemispherical combustion chambers -BUT it is THE small block of Mopar. New 340 crates? AWESOME :headbang:

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Someone here said that the 68-71 340
Made 320 hp, as told to him by a mopar engineer, however I also saw an article where a completely stock one had just over 300hp. I more inclined to believe 320 as the small block 350 Chevy rated at 300 hp didn’t have the compression, big valves, or better camshaft, intake that the 340 had.
A stock 360 magnum with a good intake, headers and good carb has been dialing in at 310-320 hp with a tiny cam and valve springs that are all done at 5000