318 LA torque?
a dog in a low compression motor with stock gears and tight converter
Especially in a smogger-teen DD,lol.
I mean that 340 cam in a 318 doesn't hardly wake up until 4000rpm which with 2.76s is 45 mph in first gear. Yeah so,I'll never do that again. 4.10's were better; 4000 now being 30 mph, still no rocket. But the 2800TC made it bearable. I'll still never do that again.
As you said; "just a dog in a low compression motor,with stock gears and tight converter". But I'll go a step further than that, and say; even with what might be considered a normal street combo with 3.55s and a 2500TC; I just wouldn't do it. It's just way better to chose a fast rate of lift slightly smaller cam and save money, while having waaay more fun.
I've had several stock 340 cars and none of them were particularly torquey with the stock gears and transmissions. Now imagine them with 22 less cubes and 2.5 points less compression. IDK........
318s cam make a lotta off-idle torque, just not with that 340 cam.
