hypermite
Well-Known Member
A few days ago i was gassing up my yellow Duster, and an older guy aproached me (I'm guessing he was around 60 or so) anyway he asks me "You got a 340 in there?"
I smile & say "No, it's a 318"
He smiles, & nods.
I don't know if he was a Chevy,Ford,Mopar, or even AMC guy, but I was hit with the fact that the 340 Mopar still retains a legendary status. I had a good friend who was the service manager of the local Chrysler/Plymouth dealership from 1967-1976, & he used to tell me how they would complete the dealer prep on the new cars & then "road test" them sometimes against other MOPARS! He said that a 340 Duster would run doorhandle to doorhandle with a 383 RoadRunner & a 440 GTX, & with the right options could even pull away! There is also a guy who goes to my church who was a schoolteacher back in the 70s, he had a brand new Dart GTS, 340 auto, he said he called it the Mach 1 killer, I guess ther were two in town that he smoked on more than one occasion. When I lived in Ca. I bought a really rough 69 Swinger with 90k miles (340 4-speed) that had a 3.23 Non sure grip axle, single exhaust with 318 manifolds , & it still ran 14.8 @ 94 at sears point raceway. What a great engine, too bad Chrysler didn't make more. The legend lives on.
I smile & say "No, it's a 318"
He smiles, & nods.
I don't know if he was a Chevy,Ford,Mopar, or even AMC guy, but I was hit with the fact that the 340 Mopar still retains a legendary status. I had a good friend who was the service manager of the local Chrysler/Plymouth dealership from 1967-1976, & he used to tell me how they would complete the dealer prep on the new cars & then "road test" them sometimes against other MOPARS! He said that a 340 Duster would run doorhandle to doorhandle with a 383 RoadRunner & a 440 GTX, & with the right options could even pull away! There is also a guy who goes to my church who was a schoolteacher back in the 70s, he had a brand new Dart GTS, 340 auto, he said he called it the Mach 1 killer, I guess ther were two in town that he smoked on more than one occasion. When I lived in Ca. I bought a really rough 69 Swinger with 90k miles (340 4-speed) that had a 3.23 Non sure grip axle, single exhaust with 318 manifolds , & it still ran 14.8 @ 94 at sears point raceway. What a great engine, too bad Chrysler didn't make more. The legend lives on.