There' alot of big talk about 318s especially on Youtube but the way I see it you'll hit a wall with them eventually where you'll have alot of money dumped into it trying to do what...prove it can be made into a 340? no one has really actually done that yet. The one guy on youtube broke the crank revving it too high thus pointing out another weakness. I dont want to hear about the Vizard build till its done then I want to see a list of what was done and how much it would cost in the real world, I also want to see it ran on a dyno real time with HP numbers. I dont care about home porting 318 heads with no proof of any gains...its all talk, internet bench racing I'm not concerned with hypothetical builds that no one will ever do because they complain about "the cost of a 340 or 360 block" and also complain that "318 is better on gas than 360" Truth is the average guy who wants tpo make power that he/she can afford isnt starting with a LA 318 or even a magnum 5.2 theyll go with a 360 /5.9 as a foundation thats what makes sense. I am talking about someone who wants high 300-400 horse in the end. I makes absolutely no sense t o dish out the cash on a 318 only to maybe swap the heads and intake over to a 360/360 stroker bottom end later on down the line this is why youll see 318 builds for 4 grand plus its the guy trying to unload one after they wised up. Usually the cam heads and induction system is what gets parted out the bottom end goes for cheap no matter what machine work was done. i have no issues with 318s at all I've owned a couple and rebuilt a couple, but I usually chime in when people get carried aweay and say "its a 340 it can do what a 340 can do" snake oil salesmen like Yuncle Tonee started that and people parrot it. No amount of internet bullying changes truth.