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I'd reccomend saving the original engine in a bag and building another 340 or even a 360. Add a stroker crank (night and day difference in power and looks and sounds totally stock). If you want to save a few bucks you can use the original heads, intake, carb, accessories, etc. on the new engine and just save the numbers shortblock. Two reasons I reccomend this. #1 you will always have a numbers matching car (which is exceedingly rare with 340 stick 71 Dusters) and #2 you can bag on it guilt free when it's done. Nobody will know it's not the original engine unless you tell them, they all look the same on the outside.

*I hope you are getting a bunch of pics of your forward radiator support blackout brfore getting it stripped? From all angles if you haven't, not much good info on that.




Would it really be worth is for a 340 duster? Restoring a car is expensive as it is already adding the cost of another motor just puts you deeper in the hole. I'm facing the same issue with my 383 roadrunner and I can't justify the expense. A buddy of mine did this with his 64 GTO and the motor trans and rear end have been sitting around collecting dust for 20+ years. If you do sell the car then the next guy will have to tear the car apart if he wants the numbers matching motor in it. Sorry for the hi-jack but holding these cars with kid gloves is getting too expensive.

56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d