don't slam that book unless you've read it from cover to cover. He's not talking about using a 441 cui block. He shows you how to build the max performance out of the common blocks such as 350 and 400 and making variations of that using stroke.

Also the man isn't talking about MAX PERFORMANCE, he's talking about MAX PERFORMANCE ON A BUDGET. He shows people how to build the most power for the money that they have, not everybody is lucky enough to have 30,000 dollars to throw down in a motor.