I love building "sleepers"- - - - -engines that look completely original, and do stuff that seems to be impossible. The "305" claimer engines I used to build for circle track "street stock" class were beating guys with 350s- - - - -turning over 1K RPM faster consistently. We were limited to a 350 CFM Holley 7448 2 barrel carburetor, so building a destroked 305 with 100 cubic inches less to feed let my engines wind up impossibly tight. Yes, they were illegal (non-stock 2 7/8" stroke), but unless somebody paid a very expensive protest fee to tear the engine down, all my "305" casting numbers were correct. I just couldn't win a low RPM torque battle off the turns with a 350. Low rear end gears and lots of RPM made that a moot point. If my guy ever got to the front of the pack, the only thing the race would decide was who was going to finish second!
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!