300hp to the wheels 318

Dartswinger70 said
Well I ususally get majorly blasted for posting similar comments. What I keep hearing is "340-360 cores are too expensive" I want to know how much $$$ one would dump into a 318 for 300 HP at the wheels...any takers? What you end up finding is, basically the only thing 318 is the block itself and maybe the crank. that is what no one wants to acknowledge it seems. The rest of it is 340-360 heads or aftermarket designed after 340-360 heads, a stroker crank, aftermarket high comp pistons, a cam with matching valve springs...and mostly always port work...am I good on the recipe? Really I ask because I dont know. i have built. ran 318s but never did anything more than cam, 4 barrel and headers.

Yes other than fully porting 273/318 heads you will need to step up to some kind of 340/360 or magnum head if you want to build more than 300hp flywheel hp.
In general all 3 engines need similar part and or $$$ to make similar hp, no one thinks 318 is the best platform it's just a capable one up to a certain point above 400hp rpm starts to be too high for most and bore starts robbing too much flow aka hp but even 340/360 needs to spin to high for most why most go 408 when building more than 425 hp.