I've seen A LOT of posts about making HP with a 318-So why is it so ???

And if you want to go by stock gross hp figures a 318 was rated 230 so a cam, 4bbl and headers can't add 45 hp?

Seems totally reasonable to me.
As I stated in post #32....... I did a similar build in 1990 and made over 290hp.

Way back when, one of the magazines had an article where Bob Lambeck built a 340 to factory specs, and dynoed it.
I seem to recall it making about 315hp.

And more recently there’s this:
How Bad Did Mopar’s 340 beat Ford & Chevy? Shocking New Data!