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

RustyRatRod said
I don't have a dog in the hunt with this dumbass argument, but, as I said in an earlier post, Hensley Motorsports has been building 318 4" plus bore crate engines for about thirty years. They do sonic testing and only use those that are thick enough.....and there are some that are thick enough. This has been common knowledge for a long time now.

That said, I kinda agree with your assessment about this thread being somewhat a "fantasy", in fact, I've already said as much talking about the little box he put it in.......BUT, it's HIS box and HIS thread and HIS rules. Let him have fun. I have a slant 6 box. I have fun with that. You have fun (I hope) with what you do.

His point was plainly explained in his first post. Nobody likes everything or every scenario. Even I don't see the sense in some of his boxing in......but damn, it's his hypothetical reality. .....and staying within his parameters, he's right.

I know there are 318’s that will go 4.00 but I’ve never seen one I’d be comfortable with making any power and getting the rings to seal. And with his parameters (or rules) he is right. It’s just silly to think 1k will break someone to the point they can’t do a build. I also say there is no way you can buy a 318 core and spend 3k on and have something that I would put my name on. I wouldn’t even do something like that for myself. We should be encouraging the youth that want to do this stuff to not repeat what we did when we were there age and teach them the proper way to do things. That’s what I’m saying. I don’t want to tell someone that just cobbling something together for a less than shoestring budget is the best plan financially. Isn’t the saying penny wise and pound foolish? The end result is more important than a budget only a miser would consider workable.