318 build suggestions?

RAMM said

Stark is a great way to describe the difference, but there really is NO comparison to a 318 with a ton of $$$ dumped into it VS the same level of built 360. Never driven a 318 at any level that had near the roll-on part throttle TQ of a strong 360. IRL the 360 wins every-single-time. J.Rob

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exactly.

and yeah, you can play with the gearing, or carb, or tune, chasing that elusive dragon but usually all you get is something with a peaky, narrow power band that you're always wringing its neck and banging gears around looking for that sweet spot.

the only thing that i've built that was close was a super mild 318 for a friend's 4wd truck. true 9:1 compression, small valve heads with a pocket port, matched to a weiand action plus with a q-jet. the cam was either a crower baja beast or an erson. it was on 30's with 4.11's and it would absolutely light them up, but the real magic was that 20~30mph roll on and when the 2ndaries cranked open it was hard to contain a smile. however, it was all done by 5K, and if we're being honest it was more like she was outta steam by 45. it was fun, but after spinning a bearing we replaced it with a similar spec 360 that would've absolutely wiped the floor with it.