I was "318", when 318 wasn't cool......

You are talking displacement I am talking equipment and internals. Having a knowledge of what is in a 318 vs a 340 two very different animals. If you mod the hell out of a 318,and go around saying "its just a 318" is misleading the statement should be "Its a modified 318" but I get the whole racing scene and keeping secrets and whatnot to be competitive. It reminds me of a story an old head told me about how he beat the doors off a V8 57 Ford with a 56 Chevy wagon with a 6 cylinder three on the tree. Was the 6 stock? he wouldn't say...urban legend I'm thinking.
Honestly, I don't follow....