318 build. what would you do?

I am interested in this thread as well. While it may be easy for a couple of you to go down to the local Mopar junkyard and pull a 340, the grim reality on the west coast is that I either have to buy a parts car or spend $800 on a 340 block to obtain the core, then another couple thousand for heads, headers, intake, carb, and internals. It's just not doable, never mind the extreme mileage decrease in going larger.

I am also interested in building a VERY mild 318, so thumbs up to those who are asking. :)