WTF color is this 69 Fury III coupe??

[70NPORT]

Great question.... I had one once and loved every second of it

The head nut in the peanut gallery strikes yet again.

 

[polara71]

you dont have your medication do you

 

[70NPORT]

I wonder why Chrysler never offered the 340 in C-bodies?

Probably b/c the engineering people at the time did not think it was cost effective at the time as the three forty was reserved for smaller cars with less weight, and there was already the three eighteen as an option, not that it was advertised as an HP engine.

 

[polara71]

The 318 was standard in most, the 340 waa a performance engine, c bodies werent viewed as performance cars. By 1970 they knew the 360 was gonna be an option in the C.

 

[70NPORT]

The 318 was standard in most, the 340 waa a performance engine, c bodies werent viewed as performance cars. By 1970 they knew the 360 was gonna be an option in the C.

but not as a performance option; more like bread and butter grocery getter option.

The 340 engine (in stock form) would have been a sorry mismatch for the large c body cars. I had one in a Duster. Great for the little Duster, high rev's were the norm.....you could string that bad boy out forever.
But could you image a 340 in a 69' New Yorker or Imp? Ya, there's your answer why it wasn't done.

 

[70NPORT]

you dont have your medication do you

Do you EVER sleep?

 

[polara71]

I had a 340 from a duster in a 71polara, i'm talking from experience, it moved and pulled hard. When you've done it then tell us your findings

 

[70NPORT]

I had a 340 from a duster in a 71polara, i'm talking from experience, it moved and pulled hard. When you've done it then tell us your findings

Well, the factory didn't believe that.

 

[1978 NYB]

A 340 Magnum sure moved my 73 Challenger.

 

[polara71]

Well, the factory didn't believe that.

Read above post.....................

 

[polara71]

A 340 Magnum sure moved my 73 Challenger.

Of course it did and the weight difference is only a few hundred pounds

 

[1978 NYB]

With some performance upgrades, I was beating stock 440 cars at Union Grove Dragway, Wisconsin on the weekends.

 

[polara71]

The notion that a 340 shouldnt be in a C over a 383 is silly and closed minded.

 

[70NPORT]

I had a 340 from a duster in a 71polara, i'm talking from experience, it moved and pulled hard. When you've done it then tell us your findings

Reread my comments about the Duster, you must have missed or misunderstood.

 

[70NPORT]

The 318 was standard in most, the 340 waa a performance engine, c bodies werent viewed as performance cars. By 1970 they knew the 360 was gonna be an option in the C.

Uh, really?



Any performance in there?
Why not a 340?

 

[70NPORT]

Of course it did and the weight difference is only a few hundred pounds

1969 Chrysler Imperial curb weight - 4,801lbs
vs.
1970 Dodge Challenger curb weight - 3428lbs

only a few hundred pounds??

 

[70NPORT]

With some performance upgrades, I was beating stock 440 cars at Union Grove Dragway, Wisconsin on the weekends.

Sure thing.
I could take a 225/6 valiant, throw a nos bottle in the trunk and beat stock 440 cars as long as the bottle held out.

 

[70NPORT]

The notion that a 340 shouldnt be in a C over a 383 is silly and closed minded.

I just don't know HOW Chrysler got along without you heading up their engineering/production activities in those days. Its a miracle they got as far as they did without throwing 340 motors in Polaras, I mean who would have thought???

 

[commando1]

The way Chrysler was going we should be greatfull a diesel /6 didn't become standard by ''78.

 

[Greg B.]

I just don't know HOW Chrysler got along without you heading up their engineering/production activities in those days. Its a miracle they got as far as they did without throwing 340 motors in Polaras, I mean who would have thought???

Just think of how much more money they could have made!! Maybe they wouldn't have needed the original Iacocca bailout. :yes: