318's racing & really fast teens are two different things. Unless your "class" racing or trying to prove a point, there's really no reason to put a max effort into one.
Well said, I agree. These are racers we are talking about....racers try to go as fast as possible as cheap as possible. If you can get more cubes (like 42 more) for the same price, itÂ’s like free horse power. Here is my old 318 that I use to run a LONG time ago (I copied it from another thread).
Back when I was in college, my Barracuda was my daily driver with a mild 318, 360 heads, 650dp, and a "RV cam". The car was 3275 lbs, had a 727 and 3.23 gears. At Bandimere Speedway in Colorado (5800') the car ran 16.5-16.8 in the 1/4, the density altitude was usually 9000+ feet like it always is in the summer. I put a nitrous kit on the car and hit it with a 150 shot somewhere after the 60' mark, because with my stock converter it took a while to get the car above 3000 RPM (I only turned on the juice above 3000 RPM). The car ran 13.9 on the bottle....to give you a better idea for those that don't live at high altitude, at that time the new Covettes ran ~ 14.5 and new Vipers ran ~ 13.6....If I had just put a decent converter in the car with some sticky tires it would have been in the 12's easy...and that's at high altitude . Trap speeds were 105-108 mph for this combo most of the time.