Steve Dulcich on building a budget 318

Yeah you probably end up losing nothing because if the added flow from the better heads and bigger valves. Chrysler made police package 318s with 360 heads on them so compression wasn't all too important to them and those motors would haul the mail.
Yep. THat has been the old hot rod trick for ages. A 283 Chevy with double hump heads. A 318 with 340 heads.