A lot of those old books are neat and cool, but so much has changed in the 60 years since they were written, that they really aren't even relevant any longer. Cylinder head porting technology and techniques has advanced more than 5 times compared to just 10 years ago, and compared to the 50 years prior to that, the gap between then and now is unmeasurable, as is cam technology. There shouldn't be any reason that you can't use today's technology and get 40-50% more power out of the same engine built in 1950 with 1950's technology. So by combining 21st century head porting and cylinder head machining along with the most current cam profiles, the Stovebolt can easily be like the Enterprise, and go where no Stovebolt has gone before.
