Missing motors
A kind of related story. My 70 340 Swinger I bought it with a 318 2 barrel in it. I went to get the "spare parts" in the parts trailer was a 30 over non numbers matching engine, a crank that was also machined and a set of J heads and a set of x heads. The machines stuff was ready to go togeteher so I built it originally in the mid 90s with what was there the block crank and x heads with a cast iron TQ intake and TRW 30 over pistons with the dome,and a Crane SSH 320 cam. It was a bit too radical for what I wanted to do so I tore it down in 2008 installed a lower comp KB 243 piston and a milder SUM K 6901 cam. I also in the deal got the numbers matching block and a set of J hads. I am now assembling a "stock style" 340 with standard bore pistons , J heads and I am thinking of having that SSH 320 reground and throwing it in, seeing what it would do . i alsi have a lakewood bellhousing that came with the car. Someone started putting race parts on this Dart in the 80s I suspect. When I got it it had a 318 a 2.76 rear and the 4 spoeed and the guy was using it as a daily driver work car.i have since started putting it back with the 340 4 speed 3.91s etc. I keep going back and forth between resto and race so I have too make up my mind but what I have is parts to make it a racer, the lakewood bell, a single plane intake, dual plane intakes various carbs from 600 edelbrock to 600 and 750 Holleys etc. that Crane cam, its all vintage stuff at this point but thats kind of the fun of it really...put parts on that would have been used in the late 70s. Nostalgia LOL!