Value of a 340

I'm gonna agree with moper to a certain extent. The value depends on availability and that comes with location. It's nice to see that some of you have 340s laying around by the numbers. In my area of the woods 340s aren't that easy to come by and because those who have them know they're not that easy to come by in this locale they want a mint for them. A mint not worth spending. Are 340s rare? Not at all. Are 340s rare where I'm at? Yup.

I love it, really. I see it all the time over on fordsix. Guys telling others not to even bother with boring a 300 because they're a dime a dozen. Really? Then I want to go where they live so I can buy 'em so plentiful and so cheap. Maybe where you live, not where I'm at. The trucks they came in hit the scrapper a long time ago thanks to the salt in upstate NY.

That's leaves the 360. The complete engine in the Dip, formerly in dodgepower's Duster, was free. At the time no one knew what a 360 was and no wanted one. In the late '80s, early '90s the same ones who didn't know what they were suddenly became aware that the only thing available to them, in this area at a decent price, was the 360.

The 360 we have for dodgepower's Duster now was $175 complete. The block has some taper that a .020 overbore will handily clean up, but the crank is perfect. A good build to start a young teenage driver off with.

I read somewhere in this thread that you can't wind a 360? I'll have to remember that the next time I do the 1-2 shift at 6800. Maybe not 7000 on the nose, but damned close.