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

$3000 ok let’s add it up. Good heads-$1200 average, no port work. But then you got those 7 to 1 pistons another $700 plus you gotta bore it out another $320 now you gotta balance $275 new bearings-rings $300 now a cam, good hyd roller $600, rockers $300, pushrods $80, springs for that big cam $200. Nice intake $350 carb $400 am I missing anything? Wow $4725 kinda out of you budget don’t ya think! You can’t just start adding parts it ALL ties together. No dick swinging 340 guy here, I live in a real world.

Things aren't cheap these days...Im going through it now with an overhaul of a 340. Only machining was the crank turned. I have just under 2 grand shelled out and I may pick up a set of aluminum heads, that will put me at 4 grand ish...till I get it in the car even more...