Our 1971 Dodge Demon 340 numbers matching, 127th car owned. Painted in Top Banana, 4 Speed Transmission, 3.91 Sure-Grip Rear,
Manual Steering, Manual Brakes, Tach, Gauges… True 70’s muscle car. Only weighed 3,165 lbs, underrated at 275 hp to keep insurance down. In this ’71 high-compression form… it is said to have really made 330 hp and it really surprised a lot of big block muscle car owners back in the day.
A quick short video … more to come
Another video now – 8/5/17
Some info on the last higher horse production 340 in our 1971 compared to the lower hp and compression 72 Demon.
Stock is rated 275 back in ’71 … In ’72 Mopar went down in compression (8.5:1) and HP was down to arpound 240…. The high compression (10.5:1) 340 cars in ’71 were all rated 275 HP only. It is said in ’71 it was really about 330 hp. ’71 had forged crank shafts… ’72 cast. ’71 and ’72 both had 850 cfm Thermoquad carbs. Fun cars and engines. 340 engines were painted orange up until late ’71 and in ’72 the corporate blue paint color was used.
