Cylinder head decision for 318

The power-chart in post #47 illustrates my point exactly. Great power at 5000, but check it out at 2500; a measly 135hp, I can only imagine what the hp would be, at 1700/1800, a typical factory stall speed, or even a 2000 .
Furthermore, it fully supports my advised 2800TC. There is more than 20hp difference from 2500 to 2800
And this is in a 1990 block; which should be the Magnum spec 9.4 Scr engine. Not the sub 8.0Scr 1974 LA-spec engine.
I am NOT knocking the 318s as a whole. When properly built/matched/combo'ed up, they are a lotta fun, and are not the tire-fryers that 360s are.
You just don't have the luxury, with a 318, to give up cylinder pressure, like you can with a 360, without making the bottom-end soft.

A purpose built 318, with; high cylinder pressure, tight-Q, and a fast-ramp solid lifter cam; could be a real ripper, from stall to shift and beyond. Throw in a nice set of heads, and move down one cam-size and it could be a tirefryer as well. Built like that, a guy might be inclined to look no further. I mean honestly;IMO, my 223* cammed 360 was way way overkill for a streeter.