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

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That's why he takes time and money to do builds that average guy can and documents them here and on youtube.

Like This one
$500 budget to make 318 Duster is fast as stock 73 340 Duster.

my Low dollar 318 hop-up project

There should be no bickering at all the 318 side says yes we agree a 340/360 is a better platform to start with but we feel a 318 does have a lot of potential if one choose to play with one. The bickering only comes cause the 340/360 feels cause they wouldn't bother with a 318 no one should and feel the need to tell us over and over and over again. It would be like us going on every 340/360 threads and going on and on about big blocks non stop. There's always more views on 273/318 threads cause more people have them and looking for ideas what to do to them, if you have a 340/360 it's already well documented what to do with them.

Like I’ve already mentioned I’m not a 318 hater, I just wouldn’t use one or recommend one as a base for a performance build.

This has all been hypothetical so I have a hypothetical question. Your a young aspiring gear head, you’ve worked and saved your money for a project. You find a Dart/Valiant/Duster/Scamp with a very tired 318, cheap. After buying it you have $3000 left over to rebuild you engine. Now you find an equally tired complete 360 for $100 (and yes I know where there is one right now for that much). Assume both engines need to be bored and a complete rebuild.

Which engine would you build?

No hate or innuendo intended.

I know what I’d do, I’d buy a junkyard ls, stuff it in a fox body and try to beat it to death. LOL