1. Some can, early car & 318-3 truck blocks are supposed to have slightly thicker bores but I would sonic test before boring to 4". My 73 block sonic checked pretty good but I opted for a +0.060" bore so I could rebuild it later at 4" if I keep it long enough.
You truely do not know what you are talking about. If you build a 318 using all the 340 parts, heads intake carb exhaust cam valve springs, it will run just like a 340. You should actually do something, rather than theoretically throw nonsense out there. I used to take a 318 and add 360 heads, used 340 intake, carb, windage tray, high pressure oil pump spring, 340 valve springs, a good cam, and a 340 double roller timing set. It was all cheap and they would run just like a 340. You did not even need 2.02 intake valves, 1.88 were good enough. As a matter of fact the same formula worked on Chevrolet, Ford, or any other brand engine. Find the good flowing heads and put them on any size Chevrolet add a cam and go. I built a lot of 289's and 302's with 351 Windsor heads and stainless steel Chevy valves. What a sweet combination that was. You start with good heads and go from there.
Im sharing thoughts not really trying to sway folks just get them to think. i don know 318 willrun but you have to consider hes a Youtuber trying to build a channel on 318 of course he will beat that drum to get views and subs. Its ok the 318 has a fan base but lets not over hype what that LA 318 in particular really is I mean all you have with that is the same crank dimensions as a 340 thats where it ends. Watch where Mission impssible ends up and ask to see the dyno pulls and receipts. if you all arent into asking these facts you aren't really serious IMO. in the end 318s are too expensive to mod for the power gained from other easier choice engines. a 318 is a ok build for a low 200 HP range expectation I wouldnt consider it for anything else.no offence but you don't half sound like 'dan the man'
Still wrong, did it all the time back in the day, really cheap. But I don't limit myself.
How does he think a 318 is way more expensive when your basically talking the same parts
where's the red x when you need it ffs! no offence to dan the man but he was a theoretical obsessive too, know all, know nothing except what he read on the internet which must be true as it's on the internet
He probably has me on ignore as I can't take the bologna he keeps trying to sell. I love 340's and they are heavier duty, but at the level most people would build a small block the 318 is strong enough, cast crank and all. Plus 318 pistons are lighter as well as the early bushed rods. As you know, power is in the heads.How does he think a 318 is way more expensive when your basically talking the same parts
There's no talking to him, he thinks were all in a Uncle Tony and now seems like a 318willrun Cult lol.
And guess he didn't bother to watch any of 318willrun's videos who was that before youtube, where he got low cr 340 performance for like $500 out of a 318where's the red x when you need it ffs! no offence to dan the man but he was a theoretical obsessive too, know all, know nothing except what he read on the internet which must be true as it's on the internet
318willrun is a respected member who has as many 340's as 318's and openly states the 340 is better, check out his 318 v 340 thread. thing is not everyone has a 340, many have a 318. i don't know where the 200hp number comes from, oh yes i do.... the internet
(basically cam 4bbl and minor porting)I know he has me on ignore
I don't think there one person saying a 318 is better than a 340, just that a 318 is a very capable more than people like him want to give credit especially at the power levels most are gonna build one at 225-425 hp or so. He talks about us over hyping which I do not see, most are honest about there cons, unlike the throw a 360 into everything crowd. If they didn't act like to build a 318 you need Nascar level of resources to get 350 hp I wouldn't have much to say on the subject.
Before you start spunning this bs into something its not I didnt insult your boy 318 wr I simply meant he will beat the 318 drum for his fansand does.The La 318 is nothing special never was never will be and thats the extent of itwhere's the red x when you need it ffs! no offence to dan the man but he was a theoretical obsessive too, know all, know nothing except what he read on the internet which must be true as it's on the internet
318willrun is a respected member who has as many 340's as 318's and openly states the 340 is better, check out his 318 v 340 thread. thing is not everyone has a 340, many have a 318. i don't know where the 200hp number comes from, oh yes i do.... the internet
tell me you know nothing about building engines without telling me you know nothing about building engines.
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