I disagree about a low compression engine not being ideal. It can be. In the end, it all depends on WHAT you are doing and WHAT you want. Look what Jim Laroy has proven right on this site. Sure, higher compression will always make more power with parts matched for the application. I wouldn't go out of my way buying high compression slugs or different heads if I had something already in the 8-1 to 9-1 range. I'd build it. Like my Ford 400 for example. Rated at 8.5, but we all know how these factory engines blueprinted. Low. When I had the heads done, I had them knock .060 off the heads and mill the intake to match. I didn't even measure compression when I built it, because I didn't care. With the lumpy old school Crane Fireball cam, I knew it would run on 87 swill, which is what I wanted. .....and I promise you, this truck will drag dude's precious 367 Barracuda down the road sideways. I had him on ignore for the longest, but I took him off for a while. Now he's goin back on, because I know he'll respond and I don't even wanna see it. When these guys figure out how full of CRAP he is, it'll be too late.