383 or 318

AJ/FormS said
a [email protected] x 3.375, dimensionally, is just a big bore 318(3.91 x 3.315); but carrying a bit of extra weight.
You can make your 318 into a 390 pretty easy and cheeply, and only you will know it. The extra torque at low rpm will be well worth it. Put some alloy heads on it and crank up the pressure, and you'll forget all about the 383.

You could do all that stuff to a 383

AJ/FormS said
Or leave the 318 at stock stroke, but install an A500/518 with overdrive and LU, and some 3.91s to 4.30s in the back...... which is what I would do......
Even if the 318 is a lo-compression oil-burning pig, those 4.30s are gonna level the playing field.

Lol, 360 over 318 but 318 over 383, how does that make sense?

AJ/FormS said
I can't believe all the 318haters coming out of the woodwork today.
lol.

if the choice was 318 or 360 everyone would say 360, it's usually when 318 comes up engine displacement choice has been made, the question is usually what to do with a 318.