273 or 318 ?
Never had a problem with 318's, but back when I was building my 273, you could get 10.5 TRW forged pistons since the 273 had a high compression option. No such luck for the 318 that was so dependable you could not give them away, no one needed one. Looks like it is different today. I used to scrap 360's for the heads and use them on 273's and 318's. It all boils down to what do you want? What do you have? And how to get there with the money you have. No real bad choices.