340 ap6
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douglas340
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Thanks Pete, I think there the way to go.
67 gt
A Wog boy who loves his Mopars !
Nice work Doug great to see another val in good hands, that thing will lay some bad arse rubber with that 340,With the red interior it will match quite nice with the silver mink!keep up the great work and keep us posted.:burnout:
douglas340
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The red interior looked great in the 1968/69 silver mink Holden Monaro, so I'm hoping it will work in this
douglas340
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Got a bit more done on the AP, It was stinking hot here in Queensland today. Got one side of the trim in place, I have to get some more clips to finish the driver side.
I finished one bucket.....Looks a bit bright :shock: I don't no weather to paint the back and side trims on the bucket seat a nice 2pk red or keep them black??
Cheers Doug
I finished one bucket.....Looks a bit bright :shock: I don't no weather to paint the back and side trims on the bucket seat a nice 2pk red or keep them black??
Cheers Doug
I would do the seat backs in red to match the upholstery.
douglas340
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Got one seat finished, I ended up painting the back & sides black......I`m glad I did 
Here is a comparison of how it started out.
Here is a comparison of how it started out.
aengineguy
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Awesome work!!!
douglas340
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Hello All
I`m about to start my motor build, I got this 340 as a complete standard bore motor from just out of toowoomba(in Australia).
I got it home and striped it bare and this is what I found in number 2 & 3 bores.....water had been sitting in them at some stage of it`s life & then been ran again, There were small stains in the rest of the bores as well.
I rang the guy I got it of and told him what I found & even sent him these photos to him, He could not believe it was the same engine. I took the block to the machinist, He said he could bore it 60up but it might not get all the pitting out of number 2 & 3. So we decided to bore it 40up & sleeve 2 & 3 at least there was one more bore left for a future rebuild.
I rang the guy I brought the 340 of and told him what the machinist said, First I ask him for my money back as the engine was not as good as he said it was, He told me that there's no way I`m giving you the money back and that it was just my tuff luck, I asked him if he would give me some money back to cover the 2 sleeves that had to go in, He said that he had a lot of bills to pay this month and could not afford it.......I told him what a great honest bloke he was & wished the rest of his life was a complete fackup.
I picked up this set of slightly used flattop vanola 40up forged pistons in the USA cheap and got them sent by US Priority Mail 6 to 10 days, They took 2 months to get here.....I think they went on 2 world tours LOL, I was sweating on them as 40up forged 340 pistons are hard to get.
I got these SIR eagle rods that I was going to use, But I have now brought a set of scat H beam rods for a bit more security.
I got the block(it has now been decked after the photo)back from the machinist & all was good, The the forged crank was in good nick & ground 10/10
I brought a set of out of the box mopar/eddy heads cheap in the USA and had them sent over which I have now sold.
And replaced with these: Slightly Used Shady Dell Stage II Ported Edelbrock Heads with Comp Roller springs and Titanium retainers.
These are the flow numbers when they were stock out of the box & what they flow now:
LIFT-----IN/EX
.100”--72.5/N/A
.200”--131.1/107.0
.300”--182.9/151.8
.400”--216.6/181.2
.450”--227.7/182.9
.500”--235.9/185.6
.550”--238.7/185.6
.600”--242.2/185.6
.650”--243.2/185.6
.700”--243.2/185.6
SDSS ported Flow #'s & CFM Gain over stock
LIFT--IN/EX IN EX
.100"--72.6/NA 0.1
.200"--146.9/110.8 15.8 3.8
.300"--196.3/150.1 13.4 -1.7
.400"--245.8/180.2 29.2 -1
.450"--259.0/193.8 31.3 9.9
.500"--268.6/203.4 32.7 17.8
.550"--271.8/212.9 33.1 27.3
.600"--276.6/218.6 34.4 33
.650"--283.5/221.6 40.3 36
.700"--286.6/223.8 43.4 38.2
I was going to use this comp cam but I`m thinking about going to a solid roller or a bigger flat tapet as I want to make power up to around 7200 RPM, Not sure what size yet the compression of the engine will be about 10 to 1......any advice on a good cam would be great.
I also got a great set of these yella terra 1.5 roller rockers, I`m hopping they will clear the big roller springs ok. There a full needle bearing rocker.....I have read good & bad things about full needle rockers so I sill havent made my mined up about using these but yella terra make great rockers.
I picked up this torker 340 manifold cheap, It needs to be port matched and it`s been soda blasted since this photo, I`m not sure if I will use this or go to the air gap super victor for the higher 7000 + RPM range the engine will be revving to, I also have a 850cfm demon carby to.
I picked up a recurved mopar dizzy & crane HI-6 control box cheap & I have now picked up a MSD billet dizzy also, I`m not sure if the MSD will work with the HI-6 control box?? can anybody answer that?? or I might just go with a full MSD setup.
I did have a set of block huggers I was thinking of using but I have now sold the block huggers because I wanted a better flowing set of extractors. I have a good set of Pacemakers extractors(4 into 2 into 1) but I`m hopping a good set of 4 into 1 will come up at the rite price.
At this point the block is getting some oiling modification done to it so it will be happy operating above 7000 RPM.
This is whats getting done:
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=103623&page=2
I have a main cap girdle, milodon sump and pick up, sfi approved trickflow balancer and sfi approved b&m flexplate
The engine still needs to be balanced & a few more parts to be brought, It should be a fast hard revving engine when finished.
Cheers Doug
I`m about to start my motor build, I got this 340 as a complete standard bore motor from just out of toowoomba(in Australia).
I got it home and striped it bare and this is what I found in number 2 & 3 bores.....water had been sitting in them at some stage of it`s life & then been ran again, There were small stains in the rest of the bores as well.
I rang the guy I got it of and told him what I found & even sent him these photos to him, He could not believe it was the same engine. I took the block to the machinist, He said he could bore it 60up but it might not get all the pitting out of number 2 & 3. So we decided to bore it 40up & sleeve 2 & 3 at least there was one more bore left for a future rebuild.
I rang the guy I brought the 340 of and told him what the machinist said, First I ask him for my money back as the engine was not as good as he said it was, He told me that there's no way I`m giving you the money back and that it was just my tuff luck, I asked him if he would give me some money back to cover the 2 sleeves that had to go in, He said that he had a lot of bills to pay this month and could not afford it.......I told him what a great honest bloke he was & wished the rest of his life was a complete fackup.
I picked up this set of slightly used flattop vanola 40up forged pistons in the USA cheap and got them sent by US Priority Mail 6 to 10 days, They took 2 months to get here.....I think they went on 2 world tours LOL, I was sweating on them as 40up forged 340 pistons are hard to get.
I got these SIR eagle rods that I was going to use, But I have now brought a set of scat H beam rods for a bit more security.
I got the block(it has now been decked after the photo)back from the machinist & all was good, The the forged crank was in good nick & ground 10/10
I brought a set of out of the box mopar/eddy heads cheap in the USA and had them sent over which I have now sold.
And replaced with these: Slightly Used Shady Dell Stage II Ported Edelbrock Heads with Comp Roller springs and Titanium retainers.
These are the flow numbers when they were stock out of the box & what they flow now:
LIFT-----IN/EX
.100”--72.5/N/A
.200”--131.1/107.0
.300”--182.9/151.8
.400”--216.6/181.2
.450”--227.7/182.9
.500”--235.9/185.6
.550”--238.7/185.6
.600”--242.2/185.6
.650”--243.2/185.6
.700”--243.2/185.6
SDSS ported Flow #'s & CFM Gain over stock
LIFT--IN/EX IN EX
.100"--72.6/NA 0.1
.200"--146.9/110.8 15.8 3.8
.300"--196.3/150.1 13.4 -1.7
.400"--245.8/180.2 29.2 -1
.450"--259.0/193.8 31.3 9.9
.500"--268.6/203.4 32.7 17.8
.550"--271.8/212.9 33.1 27.3
.600"--276.6/218.6 34.4 33
.650"--283.5/221.6 40.3 36
.700"--286.6/223.8 43.4 38.2
I was going to use this comp cam but I`m thinking about going to a solid roller or a bigger flat tapet as I want to make power up to around 7200 RPM, Not sure what size yet the compression of the engine will be about 10 to 1......any advice on a good cam would be great.
I also got a great set of these yella terra 1.5 roller rockers, I`m hopping they will clear the big roller springs ok. There a full needle bearing rocker.....I have read good & bad things about full needle rockers so I sill havent made my mined up about using these but yella terra make great rockers.
I picked up this torker 340 manifold cheap, It needs to be port matched and it`s been soda blasted since this photo, I`m not sure if I will use this or go to the air gap super victor for the higher 7000 + RPM range the engine will be revving to, I also have a 850cfm demon carby to.
I picked up a recurved mopar dizzy & crane HI-6 control box cheap & I have now picked up a MSD billet dizzy also, I`m not sure if the MSD will work with the HI-6 control box?? can anybody answer that?? or I might just go with a full MSD setup.
I did have a set of block huggers I was thinking of using but I have now sold the block huggers because I wanted a better flowing set of extractors. I have a good set of Pacemakers extractors(4 into 2 into 1) but I`m hopping a good set of 4 into 1 will come up at the rite price.
At this point the block is getting some oiling modification done to it so it will be happy operating above 7000 RPM.
This is whats getting done:
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=103623&page=2
I have a main cap girdle, milodon sump and pick up, sfi approved trickflow balancer and sfi approved b&m flexplate
The engine still needs to be balanced & a few more parts to be brought, It should be a fast hard revving engine when finished.
Cheers Doug
douglas340
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I finally got this AP6 pretty much finished, I won't be putting the 340 in as it's my wife's car and she just wants a cruiser
Your wife is a lucky girl! That's a really nice AP!
Beautiful! What's the other ser of wheels in the pic?
Got to be either a VE, VF or VG. I'm going to guess VG because of the headlights.
douglas340
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Yes! VG pacer
Valiant69er
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Great build. Love the color. Nice flowing heads.
Our 69 Valiant build- http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=116288
Our 69 Valiant build- http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=116288
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