LA 318 advice

everything has its place even the torker I...

(which is funny, because the streetmaster kinda looks torker I esque, and the torker II looks street dominator adjacent... but i digress...)

anyway, i like a streetmaster fine for a small carb and low compression motor that doesn't see the high side of 5K and you're on a budget. the street dom is probably a better overall choice and you can run a spread bore on it. you don't give up anything on the bottom end, and the small ports are matchy-matchy. but if it's all about budget, a stock dual plane 4bbl will absolutely run with it till 5 and change.

really it can come down to visual appeal with some builds like this. and the stock dual plane or a perfomer don't really move the needle for a lot of folks.
I love my Street Dominator on my Ford 400. It'll slap pull the snot outta your nose.