Today, dollar for dollar, is the 318 faster than the 340 ???

318willrun said
so when the next young man shows up with his 318 4 door dart, says he wants to build some performance on it and has 2500... maybe 3k to spend on the engine.... is it common sense to advise buying a 340 instead??? Many here offer that advice. My question is would that get him the most performance for his money?? Talking in a 1/4 mile race. Obviously the 360 option is golden here but some still advise the 340. At todays prices, should he pay 1500 for a core 340?? Or should that 1500 buy a set of Promaxx heads for the 318 ??? I love 340's, and have owned a few. But at todays prices, I don't think they fit the bill of a low end budget.

Or, we could offer up the age old "you can't play until you can pay" advice, which ALWAYS helps the hobby grow... Son, in 10 years of savings, you get to play..... :rolleyes:

Not at all, but if you're a kid with 3k to spend on a engine and you don't spend $1-300 on a 360 core perhaps you need to take up checkers instead. Nope, that takes comprehension and reasoning so checkers would be out too, sorry. Maybe flipping cow patties would be a better suited hobby.

I know where there are two 360 cores at now, one out of a mid 80's truck for $100 and the other one is in a mid 70's one ton motor home for probably about the same money. If LA versions are seem hard to find magnums aren't.