Does anyone know if a 360 oil sump and pickup will fit a 340?

 

This may be a "trick question." I'm not familiar with the Magnum series first hand, but have been told they are different than the older engines.

BUT if you are talking about the ORIGINAL 318/340------360 stuff, the answer is, the 360 pan is different than all other sb Mopars. The "half moon" cutout at the back is larger.

I actually converted two pans to the opposite, that is, I bolted a 318 pan to a block, made a jig to cut around the "half moon" then bolted the 360 pan on and cut it out.

Swapped the two pieces, welded em in, and now we have just reversed the two pans---I.E. rear sump 360 is now a rear sump 340


The oil pumps / pickups should be the same, that is, you of course need a rear sump pickup for a rear sump pad.

Other thing I guess you must be aware of in 360 swap is that the converter/ flywheel is balanced to the 360, as is the dampener

 

Does this mean the original 340s were front sumps as opposed to the 360s which are rear sumps? Thanks

 

Just depends on what the engines are / were in. Most (all?
) pickups were rear sump.

 

Thanks for the info

 

340s were always installed in cars originally therefore they are all center sump. 360s can be in a car truck van or what ever originally...You find Center sump pans in cars. rear sump pans in trucks and front sump pans in vans. depending on the application. The pans are not interchangeable with out major reworking like mentioned above between the 360 and any other small block. The oil pick up will fit in either engine and just has to be matched to the pan.