Stick in your IC engine and be done with it.Have to agree! I had a '72 240Z a long time ago. Took off the EGR junk, fiddled with the carbs and timing, put a set of Cyclone headers on it....it was a rocket. Used to go hunting 924s to beat up on. 30 mpg at 70 mph, too.
The horsepower race is in full swing now. $1 gas, 345hp SUVs, 180hp VW Bugs. I never would have guessed it in '78 when I bought a new 170hp Corvette. Figured gas would be $5 by now.