349 CI on the cheap

Interesting read but when I built my 360 ten years ago everybody would always say why not a 318? I would always answer: Because the salvage yard charges $150.00 for either one and it costs the same amount of money to rebuild either one, why wouldn't I want to do that?

Ten years later you can still find rebuildable 360's in the local wrecking yard and they are still $150.00. Seems if you are going to spend the money to build one up why not grab a 360 instead. If you already have a 318 lying around fine, sell it and take the money to get a 360 at the salvage yard. $150.00 is not even ten percent of the cost to build one right. Better yet stroke the 360 for even more power.

Better heads, more cubes, why not?

My $.02 worth..........