Greetings!
New to the Pentastar world and the rest of the world has kept me from getting anything done on my 71-72 340 Demon that I acquired a couple of years back. Clutch is still bad and my shop is packed with OPS (Other People's Stuff) at the moment, plus a failed lift install! (too thin concrete!) BUTT working slowly to get thru the cow poo.....
While the clutch job is straight forward, I was considering a boost to the 340-4V. I was watching a recent-ish episode of Graveyard Cars (I know....many of you are haters..... but I also like the cars and info....not the BS! I wear my boots when I watch the show....) where they fired up a black Cuda (I believe) without mufflers and it sounded a bit more than a stock engine (aside from the obvious noise!). I doubt that anyone there publishes the specs for their rebuilds and I know Worman "talks stock" all the time.....but I'm guessing a little more lift and duration on a cam isn't too much of a crime...! My car runs more like a hand-vac and I'm thinking more Hoover.....not exactly a shop vac.....but I need it to be streetable without massive valve train/mechanical mods.
BUTT, I have no knowledge of the 340 class of engines and was wondering if there are any reference books that I can look for that outline the details of these engines, good, bad, recommended fixes etc. Good general rebuild/maintenance information. I don't have a factory shop manual yet......so references there would be good. I do know that Mopar does their manuals a bit different than the Ford stuff I've been working in for years.
Just trying to line up some ducks.....
Thanks for the forum!
Steve