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

justinp61 said
Like I’ve already mentioned I’m not a 318 hater, I just wouldn’t use one or recommend one as a base for a performance build.

This has all been hypothetical so I have a hypothetical question. Your a young aspiring gear head, you’ve worked and saved your money for a project. You find a Dart/Valiant/Duster/Scamp with a very tired 318, cheap. After buying it you have $3000 left over to rebuild you engine. Now you find an equally tired complete 360 for $100 (and yes I know where there is one right now for that much). Assume both engines need to be bored and a complete rebuild.

Which engine would you build?

No hate or innuendo intended.

I know what I’d do, I’d buy a junkyard ls, stuff it in a fox body and try to beat it to death. LOL

With your hypothetical question I'd say go 360 but if the guy still wanted to do the 318 for whatever reason as long he knew the pros and cons on his decision, I would try to help with the 318 build even if it made no sense to me like a 450-550 hp build, personally around 450-500hp plus people should seriously be thinking big block. But I rarely see someone building a 318 looking for more than 300-350 hp not a huge deal out of a 318 yes a 360 could do it cheaper and more streetable each to their own. Some want a hot street engine with some rumble but are not looking to build high hp eg.. A stock magnum makes 300 hp at 4500 rpm but maybe some wants around 300 hp but in a more radical engine aka a 300 hp at 6000 rpm like a 273 would, depending on the car and use I could see using either. Daily cruiser 5.9l, Lightened early A body 4 speed road racer type car I want the 273 type engine probably with another 50 hp and peak at 500 more rpm..