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

Will we ever run out of 318s?

one would hope for LOL
Well if we do, I'll dig my 273's out and put a 4.125 stroke crank in.
Ta da a 340 CI.

I'd bet it would take a lot of Mallory Metal to balance that super light piston but I think you'd remove 15 pounds rotating mass