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

OK...
A 273 had 1.78" Int and 1.50" Ex valves
A 318 had 1.78" and 1.60".
A 340 (some) had 2.02" Int and 1.60"
A 360 had 1.88" and 1.60"
The 5.2 and 5.9 have 1.92" and 1.625 in closed chamber heads. The ports were raised just a little.
Per (my memory) the Magnum book by Larry Sheppard
  • The Magnum combustion chamber size is said to be 62 cc.
  • The inlet port flows about 207 cfm at 0.400 valve lift at 28 inches H20.
  • The exhaust flows about 171 cfm at 0.400 valve lift at 28 inches H2O.
  • OEM Head gasket is 0.0475 crushed. Tops of the pistons are 0.040 inches down in the magnum block
  • The Magnum has a 9.58" deck height, old pre-magnum spec was 9.60".
Richard Holdener is doing a Dyno test on a stock junkyard 5.9 Mag.
Dead stock without running the pulleys and a short head pipe without mufflers got 288 HP @4K'ish RPM and 399 Torque


I'd be interested to see what it would do with a really good carbureted intake and a well tuned carburetor.