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

no you're spot on, they'd need to be very similar spec which'd be hard to put together so a dyno session would probably be best. it is a theoretical discussion at the end of the day and i'm glad all the animosity and abuse seems to have died down. as i said previously we're all car guys and mopar guys at that. if we all liked/had the same thing it'd be pretty boring i think you'd agree, we may as well get new jelly mould/belly button cars. :thumbsup:
If I would have posted 302 vs 351C on a 2500 dollar budget, it would have made sense and we'd have had a nice discussion.