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Very true, but we dont even know what the OPs 318 has in it piston wise. He says a Kia can out run it. That's pretty bad. I am assuming at this point it's a sucky compression stock 318 bottom end with the J heads on it, making it pretty gutless.
Bingo! this is what I say all the time. Guys that say 318s run just as well as a 340 never finish the sentence which would be something like "...after you convert it with 340 style internals and or stroker kits"