Big horsepower 318 builds

I have an older comp eliminator engine I race. I would consider it a big horsepower 318 deal only a little smaller. It's 312 cubic inches, makes 725 hp @ 9200rpms. 4.0" bore 3.0" stroke Arrington heads, single 850 holley when I got it. Ran 8.50-8.60s @2250lbs. It has a tunnel ram with 2 fours now and I'm at 3000lbs trying to get it back in the 8s. It's pretty much a max effort engine, just a little outdated. It's all in the whole combination, not just one part that makes a car run.
I was just thinking of a build like this when I wrote my reply above. (I had to stop for dinner) I hate to make it basic but it is simply put in simple terms of easy breathing in and out coupled with rpm.

The LA is born limited with there heads which are just a passenger head. They only go so far. There design goes back in time a very long time ago. Not yesterday. LOL!