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

justinp61 said
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

we bought a 5.9 mag "suppose to run good, 198,*** miles" for a 150 bucks. We sold the manifolds, wiring, and stuff to pay for the purchase. Now we have a free 5.9. It's getting hughes valve spring kit, Oregon Cam Grind, new timing set, 135 dollar speedmaster intake and carb that's on top of the 318 in DT. We are not pulling the pan, but we primed the oil and it held 75 psi cold. Because I already had a set of Odessa replacement magnum heads (I bought for cheap), we put these on. They weren't needed, but just because we had them. This will AGAIN be a bottom of the barrel budget build that we plan to beat on.....