Help choosing a v8 for my dart

And this is how it all snowballs out of control. Instead you could buy the 318/904 combo: add a cam, lifters, and valve springs; brass freeze plugs; gaskets and seals; 4 barrel carb and intake; 340 distributor; high pressure oil pump spring; windage tray; check the rod bearings; change fluid and filter in the 904; adjust the bands; replace the seals; up the pressure and get a 4.2 kickdown lever; get a 66 2 1/2 diameter Charger single exhaust for the original manifolds; and be done for next to no money. If you want to up the power, even more all you need is a pair of 360 heads and a set of pistons.
Yep plenty of ways to skin this cat...
I've done it that way so many times I'm just done playing with all the old junk..
In the last two weeks I took two tons of scrap metal in and 90% of it was mopar parts..
I bought my first 440 big block last week and took it down to the block and took it to the machine shop and said I'll see you next year. It'll probably take me at least that long to start saving for a stroker kit.... It may be three or four years before it's actually ready to run but I have a good engine in the truck right now..
Again hundreds of ways to to skin a cat and mine was one and yours was one...