Hypothetical 318 Builds

I agree. A lot of times, these guys don't realize that one, a 318 may be all someone has and two, as hard as it may be to believe, a 318 just might be what they WANT. Like me bein a slant 6 guy. I have people all the time askin me "why did you build "THAT", it'll never be a V8?" ......and that's exactly WHY I did it. lol They and the 318 bashers will just never get it. It's like I said in other threads, I'm unsure guys that hate on 318s and slant sixes are true Mopar guys. Those are two of the best engines Chrysler ever made.
Almost every time someone asks me what I have in my Duster, I answer "just a 318." Normal response to that is "nothing wrong with that, one of the best engines ever made". FWIW, I think you running a Slant 6 is cool.