Mission Impossible 318

The average guy inst building a stock eliminator. The entry level guy isn't building a race car . he wants a fun street car.
The real draw to building stuff like this is it builds skills. So a newbie rebuilds and gets the most he can out of a stock 318 today. Two years from now he's building bigger and better. Skills build from this. My first engine build was a worn out 5 hp briggs. Guess that was a waste of time.
SINCE WE LIVE IN 2022 AND NOT 1978 EVEN A NEWBIE WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM GOING THROUGH THE SAME ESSENTIAL MOTIONS TO SCREW TOGETHOR A 408 OR 416 THAT WILL GIVE HIM EASY 450 HP MINIMUM SO WHY WASTE THE TIME AND EFFORT TO HAVE A TURD 300 HP 318 THAT A HONDA ACCORD COULD SMOKE YOU LIGHT TO LIGHT?