340 valve covers
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02/14/15 03:31 AM
02/14/15 03:31 AM
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I picked up this set of 340 valve covers recently and was curious if they were amatched set or what they were from originally. Im better with the big block stuff when it comes to valve cover i.d.
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Re: 340 valve covers
[Re: ademon]
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02/14/15 03:57 AM
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I got them with a pair of X heads and the guy was certain he pulled them from a 69 Dart back in the 80's wearing these covers. I wasnt sure.
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Re: 340 valve covers
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02/14/15 04:23 AM
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His story as he remembered may be true, but those are not correct for a 69 340 (or 318). They look to me to be '70-71 period, not sure about engine size. Edit, maybe they are '70? I think '71 had the twist cap oil fill rather than the push on breather???
Last edited by GO_Fish; 02/14/15 04:28 AM.
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69 340 GTS stock 14.18@ 95.60 mph
01 5.9L Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4
01 3.5L 300M 16.23@ 86.97 mph
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Re: 340 valve covers
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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02/14/15 01:30 PM
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It was actually Coco Crisp, and it is 8 degrees outside with 40 mph wind, so I might not go over to the shop today... And.....they look ORANGE underneath...
Last edited by Rhinodart; 02/14/15 01:31 PM.
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Re: 340 valve covers
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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02/14/15 05:28 PM
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Well this makes it look more like the OP's covers could possibly be '69. The rear of the driver side cover is bent, and the curved bracket may also just be bent instead of straight. Need a better picture of the intake manifold side of the passenger cover to see if it has the right wire loom. They would have been turquoise originally, but maybe they were stripped before orange paint.
Scott B.
"I'm a self-made man... I started with nothing, and I still have most of it!"
68 360 rusty B'cuda 'vert (GO Fish)13.59@ 98.72 mph
69 340 GTS stock 14.18@ 95.60 mph
01 5.9L Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4
01 3.5L 300M 16.23@ 86.97 mph
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Re: 340 valve covers
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02/17/15 04:34 AM
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Can't see the bottom side of the bottom valve cover in the first photo, but the covers look to be almost the same as these 69 340 covers. My engine was built early, 11/1/68.
Only small difference I can spot is the tall vertical bracket at lower right in this photo looks to be 180 degrees different from the OP's photo. Either way would work.
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