318 or 340?

2 Grand? I dont think I ever spent 2K on building a motor! I am the king of frugality when it comes to building motors. The trick is: I got TIME. Like so much time, I can wait for Rockauto to sell me .std Hastings piston rings for $14 a set (manufactures close out) and std mains for $16 (again, house branded closeout). I bought a complete Edelbrock pro-flo MPEFI system minus the pump for $500, then found a NOS Mercedes pump with the same specs for $30. I found a set of new cast MP 360 stroker pistons for $100, so I had to buy an Eagle cast 360 crank for $230...shipped! Of course I need a 360 to stuff these into so I bought a 86 truck 360 out of a low mile camper for $200, carb to pan. Took the heads to my machine shop and had them cut for 2.02 valves and did my own porting, $60! Add that up and I can still spend $880 on other BS, like a $100 Meziere electric water pump (NOS open box from a Chevy speed shop) 1.6 MP roller rockers $150, 2 complete gasket sets for $25 at a Mopar show...then I ran into a guy that balances industrial machines and was quoted a $75 price on a crank balance minus any tungsten needed (none as I already balanced my pistons to a repeatable .1g with a $12 HF digital scale, as well as rod caps and little ends, math worked out to remove weight off the 2250 Eagle estimated bob weight) 904 trans checked out good so I bought a shift kit, got my hands dirty and installed it, then found a Hughes 2800 convertor for it for another $75. Add in the $100 rusty headers..and Im still under 2K. Sure it took me over 5 years to collect this but that was part of the fun building a Mopar.