Making power out of the 318

Dartswinger70 said
I figure like this if I need the 360 J heads for the 318 why not get a 360 and get rid of the dished pistons and call it a day...up compression that way :)
I right now have a spare set of js and am thinking of obtaining a 360 over the 318. I figure like this yeah I can build a 318 but in the end no one would give what its worth not true for the 340s 360s...if broke guys don't already think like that that's why they are broke...:)

oh yeah, that's sound financial advice. go spend 400~600 on a 360 short block that might (probably) needs $1000 worth of machine work and other parts at an unknown price, and you'd still need to do something to address the dismal compression of a 360.

so now you're out the $ that it probably would've cost to get some decent pistons into that 318 and you're basically at square one with a 360.

super solid reasoning there.