LA 318 advice

I did a intake test on a very mild 318. Factory '73 340 cast, Weiand Action Plus, Holley Street Dominator. All ran within 1 mph and 1.5 tenths of each other. The factory cast had the best mph & ET, even though it had the largest port mis-match to the 318 heads. 2nd was the Action Plus, even though lighter it ran 1 tenth behind the cast. Oddly enough, the Holley SD being a single plane actually gave the best 60 ft (barely), but the worst overall ET by 1.5 tenth and MPH was barely a click behind the others.

Bottom line is they all performed very close. Folks worrying about the mis-matched ports on a mild 318 are repeating what others posted or some other online gibberish without personally trying it.
Richard Holdener did an air gap vs 360 4bbl on a mild 360, it had decent gain's mainly in the middle of the powerband, the top and bottom was very similar power wise. Start's around 8.20



Engine masters dis dual plane M1 vs Airgap pick up 20 hp on a mild magnum, guessing making the M1 similar to stock intake too.