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

When you really look at the "Horsepower PER Cubic Inch", the 340 is really low on the scale. Even the 2.2 Shelby and the 273 4bbl have more HP per cube.
And we all know the 360 E58 in the LRT was more than 225 HP....

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