Today, dollar for dollar, is the 318 faster than the 340 ???

back on topic I seem to think the price of things has gone up, and its almost impossible to do things on the cheap. I have been buying parts on FABO and I am willing to gander 40-50% of some of the cost is shipping. Not complaining what I'm saying is, being cheap is virtually impossible. I wouldn't chance Chinese heads, id buy used Edelbrocks first but that's just me. I don't need the headaches that foreign parts bring. If the teener guys say they can make power cheap, Id like to se it, how much power 300 HP? and what did it cost? what was involved? machine work wise? can your average guy successfully hog out their ports or are they going to eff up a couple of heads before they get it right?