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Originally Posted by PAUL K
Sometimes. But all that can change when you need to squash the intake manifold to fit under the hood and cast an exhaust manifold to bend around a factory frame. As you know that top heavy cylinder head isn't going to help you get around a corner fast
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Paul, a hemi wouldn't be my first choice for a N/A road racer or circle track car for that very reason. Most Chryslers that had the hemi engine in them back when they were new were going on the dragstrip, not road courses. The 340/360 were a better all around engine if you weren't worried about just racing in a straight line.
Locally one late model driver had a 340 that a guy by the name of Al Krem (out
of Meadville PA) transplanted a set of SBC heads onto. The car was quite fast, but it was outlawed the first night they ran it. The small block was a very potent mopar engine, no doubt.