I Don't overly care about the original premise, the carb intake and exhaust manifolds would be the major road blocks most aren't gonna majorly hop up a 318 with a 2bbl anyways, I hope they dyno a ton of combos, don't see a lot of 318s dyno'd so any info probably help others doing 318s.
Uncle Tony's idea was to see what could be done to a pretty stock teen. I get that, but also like the plan to test other combinations to give people an idea what can be accomplished.