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

No it won't Lil buddy because if you have to align bore that means the block is crooked. And if the core shift is bad enough it causes hot spots in the cylinders. Sounds like you have been cobbled things since 1995. Sooner or later you will grow out of your teens


Nonsense. I will also add that all these blocks move around over time. That’s how the main line gets out. You still didn’t address how your guy set the bearing clearances. Did he rebuild connecting rods, because it’s the same thing? Did he hone the rods to get his clearance, because it’s the same procedure? Try again little buddy. You can be as condescending as you want. It won’t make you any smarter.