David Vizard bench flows a BBD 2bbl

To this remark ^^ I will say that I don't think most missed the point as much as maybe, by accident, were a little mislead. When it was announced by UTG, it was "see what we can do with a stock 318 using stock parts". The goal was 300 hp at that point. I think most believed the point was to take a 230 hp and tune/tweak/recurve/jet/ to get the 300. It wasn't very plain that they were going to grind, regrind, machine, piston swap, etc. Again, still a cool build. I think that is where the confusing was for most people.
Mmm, I think that was their assumption and they mislead themselves.

UTG, DV, and Andy are pretty much using stock parts yet they are modified and will be extensively so on some of them. Most anyone that thought you could "tune/tweak/recurve/jet/ to get the 300" out of a 318 with a BBD carb and 100% untouched OEM cam, or any piece for that matter, knew it wasn't possible and were looking forward to UTG's failure so they could point and laugh. Honestly, this build wouldn't get near the scrutiny it has so far if UTG wasn't involved. People need to take their bias out of it and just pay attention and learn from what DV is putting out there and let the chips fall where they may.