Not false, just ineffective. They still couldn't outrun the flathead V8's. "All hat and no cattle" as the Texans say. They could rattle windows half a mile away with the exhaust note, though.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!