415hp/395ft 318 Article in engine masters mag

I agree with you totally......the 318 is a darn good motor for a little cubed SB and I think people are seeing that now. The downfall for the 318 when it comes to aftermarket and why I feel they got a "bad rap" is the 3.91" cylinder bores. It doesn't have that magic 4" cylinder bore and the aftermarket pistons companies shy'd away from it. With the new cylinders heads out now and the fact that all the SB parts can basically interchange the 318 has is gaining in popularity. The fact that finding virgin and/or decent 340 blocks for a resonalbe price has helped too. I like my 318 and I'm really looking forward to getting the 318 stroker built. I wanna try to rig up a mirror or polished plate to reflect the block stampings to piss people off with a 10 sec 318.