V8's always make good power, but not for there displacement. All RICERS ever say when they lose is well my car makes more power per cubic inch than yours does. EVERYONE in the world can contest to this that if you have twice the cylinders than you will have twice the chances and problems as a 4cylinder. Another words its easy to make a 4cylinder that will stay together under the power load. But there are a million more different variables when there are twice the cylinders.