318 MAX fuel economy builds?

It’s not just atomize the hell out of the fuel.
Where does all that atomizing take place?.......Not only that you use a large port with a Large valve and Large carb with a Large runner intake manifold and couple that with a late intake valve closing point so you don't actually compress the mixture all that much. Where's all that over vaporization you're talking about happening?

In the Exhaust perhaps?

Since this is a thread on improving fuel efficiency, that's probably irrelevant. The discussion about vaporizing the fuel too soon relates to hurting Volumetric Efficiency due to the additional room vaporized fuel occupies. This was a major concern when the restrictor plates were first introduced to NASCAR. You have to consider "The Precious Commodity".

In an all-out performance application, the precious commodity is air. If you need more fuel, you can pour liquid fuel into an engine and drown it. Air, though, is limited by what can squeeze through the throttle blades, through the ports, and past the valves on the intake stroke. Thus, air is the precious commodity.

In a fuel economy application, fuel is the precious commodity. If you need more air, simply open the throttle a bit more. Vaporizing as much of the fuel as possible, as soon and quickly as possible improves Combustion Efficiency (perhaps at the expense of Volumetric Efficiency).
Great post. That said I've come across many "underheaded" engines combos that defy convention in regards to how much power they make for how much air they ingest.