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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: ademon]
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07/25/09 05:21 PM
07/25/09 05:21 PM
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Challenger 1
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but i've never seen a original untouched 71 340.
I'm no expert at all, but I was lucky enough to have owned a original 71 340 4 speed RT challenger when I was 17. It was completly stock when I got it in 1977. Sadly I totalled that car after only about 6 months. So sorry I can't help because I didn't own a camera back then and don't remember what it looked like.  But I kept everything off that car, junked the body, I know junked!! 
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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: ademon]
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07/25/09 05:51 PM
07/25/09 05:51 PM
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Need pics mostly of the throttle kickdown side, pics without air cleaner, also what were the bolt head markings on the intake manifold bolts, valve cover bolts, t-quad bolts, did the valve covers have the little triangle hold downs? Sorry for the dumb questions but i've never seen a original untouched 71 340.
Pictures from Bill Sefton's EV2 71 Demon 340 super survivor would really help. I thought it was at some Illinois Area shows recently??
This is the best I have. Should help you with other things though. I think it had the air cleaner on all day. It was convered in full color in MCG once. Others may have better pics of it.
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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: ademon]
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07/26/09 01:18 PM
07/26/09 01:18 PM
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mopars_1
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on the topic of detailed 340's, did the 71's come with the right angle oil filter adapter? in some of the pics it doesn't show one but on my origianl 71 318 it does? thanks
Last edited by mopars_1; 07/26/09 01:22 PM.
1971 Plymouth Duster 340 auto
1937 Plymouth PT50
1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 4 speed
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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: 1_WILD_RT]
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07/26/09 01:25 PM
07/26/09 01:25 PM
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Every photo posted shows the 71 340 as being Orange which is correct till April or May then they were painted blue...
Good point, my 71 had a blue engine in it.
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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: Challenger 1]
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07/26/09 01:33 PM
07/26/09 01:33 PM
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ScottSmith_Harms
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Every photo posted shows the 71 340 as being Orange which is correct till April or May then they were painted blue...
Yes, the April (ish) 1971 is the changover date most agree on concerning when the color change was made, the exact changover date is yet to be proven (I doubt it ever will be). The 2 intakes shown side by side in the link above show a small casting difference, it is thought that the engine color change happened about the time they started using the revised casting so most cars built after March 71 should likey have this intake style.
(Attachment is a 71 Cuda 340 convertible, I believe it has a June 71 build date, shows the correct late 71 340 color)
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