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

fishmens67 said

I agree, a newer 5.2 with a $3000 budget could make for a decent engine. a 318 LA not so much.

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You can’t use a 5.2 because the OP didn’t write it in his rules package. And I doubt I’d run the stock pistons and bores in one of those either. Factory machining was never better than decent.