Let’s hear a 340 story
In the late 90s I bought a 65 Valiant with a 340. ...I paid $2000 for it in Brooklyn NY.
It had super stock springs, frame connectors, 4.30s, sportsman pros, hooker Fenderwell, low gear 904, and basically a stock 340. I would drive it 1.5 hrs to the track. It ran 12.20s when I bought it and I got it to go low 12.0s before the ring gear lost a tooth. Then I stripped it and junked it.