The "Throw Away 318"
How much will you spend on a 318 build even if it is free? I am curious. i cen see the $$$ savings going with a "free" 318 though its at least the cost of a 340. 360s seem to go for decent money also.
Let’s start with we have both engines for free.
The cost difference is in the pistons and rings.
Let’s start with nothing for the 318 we have with the car and e listen to every internet guru saying how bad and ridiculous a 318 is and jump to spending on a 340. Now we are at the purchase of the engine block. Now add in costs to get the block to you. This is a variable that is hard to calculate. $1,000 for a 340 block with main caps?
What’s shipping for this heavy thing across the state or several? Let’s leave that out for now. We will add it in later.
Your now a $1,000 in the hole with a unknown quality block. A serious gamble for some here. A grand can go pretty far on the 318 you have now.
Again, besides pistons & rings, at what ever the difference could be, your also behind a min. of a grand.
Besides the obvious performance advantage and return on monies spent that is in favor of the 340, does the extra cost become worth the expense in overall dollar spent? Only yes if the overall plan is A LOT of HP. Respectable power can still be made with the smaller engine.
Often is the point made, often point blank, money is an issue and ultimate performance is not wanted but only a moderate build is being sought. This is the TRUE circle jerk & loosing ways when people chase modest to moderate power by spending on a 340 instead of building what they had to begin with, the 318.