Oh
.. But you didn't get your answer or prove your point.
I told you, you wouldn't in my first post in this thread.
"Starting with a "stock" engine which would you rather modify for performance??"
That is the question.
The question was not "Is a 318 only useful as a boat anchor?"
The 318 is a fine engine. Maybe not the perfect engine for every build, but a fine engine none the less
Your thread clearly failed