360 or 318

For cheap and mild, I've gone 14.40's at 96 mph with a 318 (stock bottom end), used 340 cam (free), 30 dollar set of 360 heads smog heads (worn valve guides) that we milled .040 (60 bucks), cast intake and thermoquad from a maxi van (40 bucks combo), and a cheap set of headers. Tranny was a stock 727 with stock converter, and it had 3.21 gears (open). Couldn't brake-torq the stall past 1800 rpm's. I think a 2500 stall and 3.55's the car would have gone easily into the 13's.