318 power!
I don’t ever recall anyone ever saying a 318 was a performance engine. Even more so that it was equipped with a 4bbl carb in the smog years never pushed that engine anywhere near the title. Just the mention of it having a 4bbl was not an arrow point in that direction but a nod of it having one (4bbl) is all was ever mentioned.
If anyone is twisting words it’s (you) Dartswinger70.