You can't just look at one piece though and say "that couldda been better". That was the whole mystique behind these cars.....the whole package. While they weren't slow, the B & E bodies with the 340s weren't as feared on the street as the A body cars. It was just a good all around package. Chrysler did pretty good considering the boxes they had to stay in. One of the things I've always wanted to do was build a hybrid of sorts. I'd love to blueprint every aspect of a 68 340 4 speed engine, but put the 71 340 iron TQ manifold on it with a TQ....and add a set of good headers.