Early 318 blocks

People will probably disagree with me, but I'd personally rather have my cylinder walls as thick as possible. Thick straight walls make more power than thin flexible ones.
I totally agree with this statement, I practice this myself. If however some of these blocks are as I've heard and can take a 4" bore while still maintaining acceptable wall thickness, they are then an affordable block for those of us with forged 340 main cranks.