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

A true encounter with the Ford inline 6 truck engine on the mid 90s trucks. I used to work as a Ford line tech, and I'd work on these trucks. One day i was in one test driving it and thought"wow this thing is a dog must be a six cylinder...' pull it in the shop ,open the hood ,it was a 5.0 automatic...next time I am in one with a manual trans,its pulling hard running good, i am like "wow this thing pulls for a 5.0.."open the hood and its the 300 inline 6 with the manual trans. To this day I'd take a 96 Ford F150 with a 6 cylinder manual.