Part of his question delt with 'cost effectivness' and it just isn't for the reasons stated.
Just because HEI is a newer method of doing something, doesn't make it better for ALL applications.
BTW: The 59AB Ford engine was the 'racers choice' for decades until the "muscle car" era and probably set more speed records during that period than any other W/O HEI.
They wern't crap then, or now and your "blinders on" aproach isn't helpfull here at all.
