Is/was there ever a 340 Magnum

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YY1 said:
Again...

70-74 HP Challengers had badges that said "Four Barrel"- 440, 383, 340, 360.

71-74 HP Chargers had badges that were the same style but larger and said "Magnum"- 440, 383, 340, 360.

Super easy to prove.

I also misspoke when I said 340 Darts, Demons and Dart Sports had Magnum badges.

AFAIK they only had "340" badges.
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Damn, mine's a 70 Dart, missed the date by a yr.
I'll fake it till I make it !!!
 
Actually Brooks, the difference in the 440 heads was the exhaust size. 1.6 to 1.74 if I remember right.
(Wouldn't be the first time in this thread that my memory was f#@ked up, lol)
 
Brooks James said:
Damn, mine's a 70 Dart, missed the date by a yr.
I'll fake it till I make it !!!
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If you want a badge on your car ( and if it legitimately has a 340) do it! Most won't know or care if it's "right" and if they do, and don't like it, f#@k em. My friend with the A66 had a R/T butt stripe on it when she bought it. It's NOT an R/T, but she liked it and had the stripe put back on when she had it painted.
Bottom line, she now refuses to "show" her car, cause she got grief over the stripe. In my opinion, not showing it doesn't hurt her any, but deprives other Mopar people from seeing a nice, fairly rare mopar.
 
33IMP said:
If you want a badge on your car ( and if it legitimately has a 340) do it! Most won't know or care if it's "right" and if they do, and don't like it, f#@k em. My friend with the A66 had a R/T butt stripe on it when she bought it. It's NOT an R/T, but she liked it and had the stripe put back on when she had it painted.
Bottom line, she now refuses to "show" her car, cause she got grief over the stripe. In my opinion, not showing it doesn't hurt her any, but deprives other Mopar people from seeing a nice, fairly rare mopar.
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Butt Stripe on an A66 is 100% correct..
 
NoCar340 said:
The "340 MAGNUM" hood emblems were part #3573632 and used only on the 1971-'73 Charger and '71 Super Bee.

Non-R/T 1970-'71 Challengers had a "383 FOUR BARREL" emblem on the fender rather than the hood.
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Back in the 80's I had a buddy that had a number of 71-73 Chargers... Most were H code 340 cars, his favorite engine... the only one that had the big 340 Magnum emblems was the 73... I can't say they hadn't been modified but he owned 5 Chargers & only the one had the emblems... Most had the bulge hood & no emblems...
 
33IMP said:
Actually Brooks, the difference in the 440 heads was the exhaust size. 1.6 to 1.74 if I remember right.
(Wouldn't be the first time in this thread that my memory was f#@ked up, lol)
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Excellent, I believe you are correct !
 
1WildRT said:
Butt Stripe on an A66 is 100% correct..
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But not with R/T emblems. (Also on the car when she got it, also replaced after painting). I had much better shots of her car, but they are on my tablet that blew up.

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33IMP said:
If you want a badge on your car ( and if it legitimately has a 340) do it! Most won't know or care if it's "right" and if they do, and don't like it, f#@k em. My friend with the A66 had a R/T butt stripe on it when she bought it. It's NOT an R/T, but she liked it and had the stripe put back on when she had it painted.
Bottom line, she now refuses to "show" her car, cause she got grief over the stripe. In my opinion, not showing it doesn't hurt her any, but deprives other Mopar people from seeing a nice, fairly rare mopar.
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I would have said, "where is your cool vintage hot rod, let's go have a look at your junk"

1. A bit back a member said that an idiot, mentioned that "his valve cover was leaking a bit" and the turd mentioned it to the member.

Use 1st Paragraph instructions in this instance

2. Scream at them
"Get the **** away from my car"

3. If he does have a car there, take a potato, carve it down to where it's just a little to large, using a stick, shove it inside the tailpipe, until it can't be seen. The car will not crank, and will stupify the diagnostic computer.

Someone will be spending a bunch of $ paying diagnostic fees
Ask me how I know

Maybe I'm a little too
Stay the **** away from me with you stupidity and ignorance
 
Yes, all Dodge 340 engines are "Magnums" as there was no LP 340 offered in any year that was different than the HP 340.

Unlike 383, 400, and 440 engines.
 
YY1 said:
Yes, all Dodge 340 engines are "Magnums" as there was no LP 340 offered in any year that was different than the HP 340.

Unlike 383, 400, and 440 engines.
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I agree, the 340 wasn't improved, stood out as a premium example of a factory performance eng
 
Locomotion said:
If OP Brooks James is referring to the actual engine specs.....There was only one version of a 340 for each respective year, no different specs (except 1970 340-6 in T/A and AAR E-bodies). "FOUR BARREL", "MAGNUM", it was all marketing. MAGNUM was a Dodge thing, just like Dodge & Plymouth each had their own name for high impact colors even though they were the same and Plymouth E-body hood emblems were "'cuda 340".

RustyRatRod, YY1 & 1WildRT got the application details pretty well outlined.

Some confusion may have come from the fact that early Challengers were available with different versions of a 383 including the HP Magnum version. I'm sure 331IMP's friend has a 340 FOUR BARREL emblem if it's original.
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I could be wrong but. I'm pretty sure that the 1968 and the 1969 340 4 speed cars had a different camshaft than the 340 auto cars. It had a little more duration. If I remember correctly.
 
1WildRT said:
As previously mentioned Challenger said 340 Four Barrel...

I don't recall seeing 340 Magnum on any 70/71/72 Mopars... 73 Charger Rally is the first & only car I recall seeing that badge on... And they were pretty big, like the 440-Sixpack and 426-Hemi badges.... the 440-Magnum/383-Magnum & 340 Four Barrel badges were all small letters..
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My neighbor had one and it was incredibly nice. Dark Blue with the black hood treatment. It was really sharp. The Callouts were definitely 340 magnum.
 
tvt59 said:
I could be wrong but. I'm pretty sure that the 1968 and the 1969 340 4 speed cars had a different camshaft than the 340 auto cars. It had a little more duration. If I remember correctly.
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I believe u are right, it seems the focus has been more as the best SBM cam from the factory on the 68 model
 
They were all marketing names. Magnum, Commando, Ramcharger, Air Grabber and on and on. You actually got something with some of the names, others were just cool names. All of them were meant to do one thing and one thing only. Sell cars.
 
tvt59 said:
I could be wrong but. I'm pretty sure that the 1968 and the 1969 340 4 speed cars had a different camshaft than the 340 auto cars. It had a little more duration. If I remember correctly.
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Yes, I'm pretty sure you are correct - except I believe that cam was only used in 1968 sticks. May have had a dual point distributor too. But the HP remained the same. They may have mentioned it in the ads but didn't make any comparisons suggesting that one was better/more potent/faster than the other.
 
Locomotion said:
Yes, I'm pretty sure you are correct - except I believe that cam was only used in 1968 sticks. May have had a dual point distributor too. But the HP remained the same. They may have mentioned it in the ads but didn't make any comparisons suggesting that one was better/more potent/faster than the other.
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Mellings and TRW used to have that cam available. But I can't find anyone who is producing it currently. My friend had one in his 68' Dart 340 4 speed car had one. It had a wicked idle for a stock camshaft.
 
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33IMP said:
Actually Brooks, the difference in the 440 heads was the exhaust size. 1.6 to 1.74 if I remember right.
(Wouldn't be the first time in this thread that my memory was f#@ked up, lol)
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Thank you clearing my brain fog on that
 
my Mopar mentor said that it was the usual melee of Ma Mopar using whatever was on hand ??
 
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