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Offline mikerallye

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340 magnum vs 340 four barrel??
« on: June 23, 2008 - 12:04:05 PM »
Hey guys, what it the difference between a 340 magnum and a 340 four barrel engine. I have seen both emblems on some 73 rallyes??   :clueless:




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Re: 340 magnum vs 340 four barrel??
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2008 - 12:05:32 PM »
the magnum and the commando are the same, they both are top end performance engines. the 340 4 barrell is the standard engine.
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Re: 340 magnum vs 340 four barrel??
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2008 - 02:03:30 PM »
HOw can you identify the cammando vs the magnum vs the four barrell ? were all available in 1973.  I would like to know which engine I have; it is a numbers matching 73 rallye challenger.

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Re: 340 magnum vs 340 four barrel??
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2008 - 02:34:32 PM »
the magnum is dodge and the super commando was plymouth, the casting number for a 1973 340 is 2780930, someone correct me if I'm wrong is it the heads that are different on the block to make it the magnum or commando?
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Re: 340 magnum vs 340 four barrel??
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2008 - 02:02:33 PM »
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Re: 340 magnum vs 340 four barrel??
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2008 - 02:05:05 PM »
............the name..................kim...... :canada:
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Re: 340 magnum vs 340 four barrel??
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2008 - 02:16:28 PM »
in 73 they factory dropped the compression huge , not sure the low comp version was still called a magnum

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