You wanna build a 700 hp small block but just listen to it idle? What's the point?
All I'm saying is if I'm going to build an engine that's gonna cost that kinda money for something other than dedicated race use, I'd leave some margin on the strength of the block I was doing it with. You know, instead of starting my build with a HP goal that's higher than what the block I'm going to use will safely handle under most circumstances.