Re: 340

From: KARL MOLTZAN (kmoltzan@mymail.net)
Date: Fri Mar 06 1998 - 20:05:32 EST


On Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:20:21 -0500 am14@chrysler.com wrote:

>JT writes: >>But I really like the magic of the 340 -
spins well,
>makes big horsepower. <<
>
>If you're contemplating making a 340 from the current 318
for a Dak
>application, you'll be OK, but if you're contemplating
using an old 340
>block, you're in for a lot of mods. The motor mounts are
in different
>places, and the older "A" blocks don't even have pads for
drilling
>where the current Magnums have the motor mounts. Secondly
the 340 used
>solid lifters - has no means of oiling for the hydraulic
lifters.
>Heads for pre-magnum and magnum are not interchangeable.
These are just
>a few I know about. I have an '89 thet is V6 TBI and I
would love for
>it to be a Magnum 360 with sequential MPI. Still might do
it some day.
>
>Azie
>Ardmore, Al.
>
The FSM for my 92 5.2l says you can only bore .030" so
to get any more displacement you have to stroke it.There
goes
the revs.
 
                       Karl Moltzan
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