The "Throw Away 318"

barbee6043 said

It can be argued that the only real difference in restoring one model vs another is cost of that initial project, ie a hemi 69 Charger car vs lets say a slant Dart. Cost about the same for body/paint, interior, suspension, brakes, exhaust, tires etc!
Yep, the initial cost of each is far apart, plus finding that Hemi Charger vs the slant Dart!
So why is every guy thats into the 340, not just restoring Hemi Chargers and 426 Gen. 1 Hemi engines!!?????? OK don't be the first 340 guy to respond how you always out ran that Hemi B body cars bac:poke:k in the "day"!!!!

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OK, I won't pick on Mopowers. You realise that drag testing the early Cobras, the first were powered with the 260 that Shelby worked a bit of his magic on. This was in like manner to the HiPo 289 was increased from 271HP to 306HP. The 260 Cobras were quicker in the 1320 than the 427 cars which were more than likely equipped with 428s because when Shelby went to order the 427 side oiler engines, the NASCAR and LeMans programs had horded all available engines. So Shelby being the pretty fart smeller he was, installed the dual quad intakes on the 428 engines. The "427" cars had so much torque they went up in smoke. When you have 480 lb/ft admitted torque in a short wheelbase car of about 2400#, you could haze the tires at 100MPH by just mashing the throttle to the floor. The much admired Hemi Cudas had about 1,000# more. No arguement, those are awesome vehicles.