Comparison 340 / 289

I'm glad people brought up these issues here. I've raced a basically stock 289 in a '65 Falcon Sprint. 4 speed. All the motor had was a good intake,carb,and headers. It ran mid 14's all day with 300 gears. It was NO SLUG!!! And a 390 GT motor or a 428 CJ are BAD *** MOTORS!!!!! I dont care what anyone say's. I KNOW!!! I've been MOPAR my whole 35 years of being into cars. My older brother has been strictly FORD. He has had his '68 Torino GT Fast back his whole life with the 390 GT motor. And he now has a 428 CJ in it. He has never had to really do anything inside the motor on either one of them. He runs high 13's to low 14's all day with the original set up in that heavy of a car. 428 Cobra Jet, C-6, 9" "posi" 391 gears. Now for the 351 Cleveland. My uncle is still building race Fords. Back in the day, he did 351 Cleveland's. I rode in his 3/4 '63 Ford full size truck. He put a built 351 Cleveland in it with a small block C-6. 9" "posi" with 411 gears. THAT TRUCK WAS THE FASTEST DAMN THING I EVER RODE IN FOR MANY YEARS!!!! No one could touch it. And this is coming from me, who dispite all of the first hand, life long proof, that these particular Fords were a force to be recon with, decided at the age of 13 to go get me a '65 commando 273 barracuda. And anyone who wants to go ahead and say that the commando motor couldn't stand up to the 289 HP should re-think their comment. Remember the Falcon Sprint that I mentioned earlier?? I beat it at SIR drag way with my commando 273 STOCK!!! The only thing was though, I had the 8 3/4 under my car with 410 gears. And my car had better handling package and such. Sway bars,disk brakes,ect. Not like that mattered. The thing was is he had a 4/speed with crap gears. My original commando 273 was the best motor I've ever owned. 42,00 original "grandma" miles on it. I'm thinking that "grandpa" must have ordered the options on that car.