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Very cool and funny dealer promo film...

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I had a 69 Swinger 340, liked the looks of that year, but was not a fan of the 70 Swinger. I also had both a 69 and 70 Nova and liked them both. One thing the film has right is that a bone stock 340 Swinger would blow the doors off a bone stock SS350 Nova.
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For some reason - the 340 A-Bodies really worked - even against some big block cars.
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I had a 69 Swinger 340, liked the looks of that year, but was not a fan of the 70 Swinger. I also had both a 69 and 70 Nova and liked them both. One thing the film has right is that a bone stock 340 Swinger would blow the doors off a bone stock SS350 Nova.
Agree those 68-69 340 Swinger 4 speeds were some real quick muscle cars. 340 had 2.02 heads, cast iron high rise intake, forged crank, rods, high lift cam, windage tray. These engines were fast and could put the Big Block 383 Darts on the trailer. Again back in the day i could of had a chance to buy one from my former neighbor. Kick myself on that one too. Didnt care for the 70 Dart style.
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Old 10-09-2020, 01:54 PM
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The 4 speed 68 340 GTS is faster than the 4 speed 69 340 Swinger/GTS due to a one year only hotter cam. Some say the cam was good for an additional 20 HP.
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I prefer the 70 Dusters looks over the Dart or the Nova. A 340 is the cherry on top.
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Yep those 340/4spd Darts were Quik on the Street !!! I had a buddy in high school who had a 69 with some gears & a little traction , there wasn't much that could keep up with it from red light to red light. Full 1/4 mile it was probably a different story . But around town that car embarrassed a lot of big block stuff
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340's ran killer . I built this in the 80's 71 340 4 Speed W2 heads, Big sold lifter cam. spark plug washers to shim the rocker arm stands. 512 gears. It ran 10.50s very fast for a small block back then.
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I had a 69 340 dart swinger ran great beat a lot of cars with it
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