Today, dollar for dollar, is the 318 faster than the 340 ???

This is really nice to see real world. Don't take this wrong, please don't. What was the costs of this package to get 11.9@ a Buck16? Not including the body and chassis mods.

11.60? The heads were bought used
So you are saying that the duster 318willrun posted numerous times is all a lie? It's been documented over and over again. Here I will lay some facts out for you again! A 340 has a 22hp capability advantage over a 318. I never argued that. Point I was making is that a 380hp crate motor was well documented running into the mid to upper 11's with stock magnum heads and another smaller camshaft. So for someone to tell me how much they have tied up into their motor with a bunch high dollar parts is mind boggling to me. What did the 395hp crate motor run? I don't know haven't seen any bonified published numbers.

Not at all. I'm asking you if you have actually built a 400HP 5.2 and what did it run?