Hemi Yes or No

Last year I put together 2 426 Hemis...one for Jims butterscotch Hemi Demon (street car/hot rod)and one for myself. I catch heat all the time(mostly from my brother) because they are basically stock spec motors....running 9.7 compression.70-71 hyd Mopar cam,...nothing real trick...except their all aluminium..block and heads,stage V roller rockers,diamond pistons,eagle H beam rods and crank....nothin exotic...just lighter /stronger than stock.I love a Hemi for the street....hard to beat the WOW factor,especially in an A-Body...but I like to keep the compression low enough (pump gas friendly) that you can crank some timing in it(Hemi..around 32-34 degrees)..every big block Mopar from 30 years ago(back when we coulld get Sunoco 260/around 106 octane/maybe 69 cents a gallon) till now ran like a pig unless I'd crank some timing in it...but today eveyone still wants big compression and then if they try to run on any sniff of todays gas..they rattle (spark knock) like crazy..then they retard the timing and wonder why it runs like an old station wagon. For street driving,its hard to beat the reliabity/driveability of a stock spec 426 (even with lower compression ratio)....and I love the way they rev without the "big arm" stroker crank.....wwummmpaahhhh!!!........just saying...after all..you asked!