I hope you don't think that's what I was implying in my post. I was not I was simply giving him my experience. I'm all for building a budget 318 but in my situation the cost was gonna be the same 318 vs 360. So for my budget it was the best bang for my buck to go with the 360. I was in no way shape or form telling him to ditch the 318 for a 360. In my experience with la motors regardless of mileage once torn down they need to be bored to seal up for "performance". Now a beater driver I've ran many 318s with 70 psi of cylinder pressure lol with magnum engines they seam to not have the same issue with wearing on the cylinder walls (hence why I suggested a magnum build on a budget usually no short block work is required) I torn down a 200k mile 5.2 with not so much of a lip at the top of the cylinders. I was impressed. Now magnum heads are another story. I don't think I've ever seen a set that wasn't cracked.
