My '69 340 Swinger

[RALLY]

Originally Posted by BJCHEV396

Great color combo! I've heard that the 383 Dart is not much faster than the 340?

The 340 Darts from what i read and was told could beat the 383 Darts all day long at the track. Those 340 engines had a good parts, good 2.02 X heads, high rise cast iron intake, forged crank, rods and pistons and free flowing cast iron exhaust manifolds, a hydraulic camshaft, windage tray etc. Well built engines.

[BJCHEV396]

Originally Posted by RALLY

The 340 Darts from what i read and was told could beat the 383 Darts all day long at the track. Those 340 engines had a good parts, good 2.02 X heads, high rise cast iron intake, forged crank, rods and pistons and free flowing cast iron exhaust manifolds, a hydraulic camshaft, windage tray etc. Well built engines.

But only had a horse power rating of 275....wink wink,lol!

[Bill Pritchard]

Originally Posted by RALLY

The 340 Darts from what i read and was told could beat the 383 Darts all day long at the track.

x2. In addition to the additional weight of the big block, the 383 Darts had some pretty restrictive exhaust manifolds.

[GrumpyJeff]

Originally Posted by RALLY

The 340 Darts from what i read and was told could beat the 383 Darts all day long at the track. Those 340 engines had a good parts, good 2.02 X heads, high rise cast iron intake, forged crank, rods and pistons and free flowing cast iron exhaust manifolds, a hydraulic camshaft, windage tray etc. Well built engines.

I had a good buddy in High School 1979/80 had a 340/4SPD Dart, With the right Gears, Sticky Tires & Headers on the Street was Tough to beat from Red light to Red light... Hurt alot of Big Block Guys feelings. In Fact the other 2 Cars that gave him a Good Run were a 65 L79 4 spd Chevelle & a 70 LT1 Z28 automatic w/a Vega Torq converter ,4.56's