Think it's time you two crawled back to your hole on that other site as obviously you know everything and after everyone reads what's there you won't be welcome here. Have a nice life.
I'm not sure why you made that comment, but the question was towing, and can it be done with a small block. The answer is yes, and for less than it will cost to do it with a Hemi, a V10, or a diesel.
JS27N0B, your comment about your towing with a V10, and getting 18MPG has not been my experience with a fleet of them. There is nothing off color about that. Our records showed that the V10 Rams we had delivered 13.2 mpg on average. We also had a number of Ford E350 V10 vans, and on average they delivered 14.4 mpg. Both the vans and the trucks were well maintained, and the averages were taken over 1 year, 2 year, 3 year and 4 year intervals. Now, these are un-modified engines, bone stock, and maintained with stock replacement, and service parts.
As I see it, if you're a bigblock guy, you're going to lean toward the bigblock engines, just as a diesel guy will lean toward them, and a small block guy will follow suit. The fact remains, to tow a car efficiently, it isn't necessary to have more than purpose built 318. If you already own one, you build cost will be far, far less than the purchase price of a new truck, and certainly less than a replacement engine.
Oh, and I do have a nice life, thank you.
