Ford 272 C.I. runs low 11's. Why do Mopar guys need 408's?

I think it's due that 340/383/426/440 were our main performance engines, there never was a performance 318 bet if there was it would be thought of more like the chev 327, chev had high output 283/302/327 kind of 305 same with ford. only small displace factory performance engine we had was 273 but only has a small following in the general car community.

It took a while before 360 became a viable platform some still think of it as a boat anchor compared to 340, most can't look past which engines the factory deemed performance.