Mouse motor...

Nice sentiment. Good luck with the engine's owner. My greatest financial grief has come from trying to help friends with their engine builds. Labor, time, advice and money out of my pocket and they are never satisfied. I'm down to the attitude that I have no friends when I'm building an engine. It's lonely, but I'm going broke slower.
I've seen you post the engines you build and the things you can accomplish even with low compression. You got the wrong friends, they should be beating a path to your door. Wish I knew you when I was putting together mine, would have saved a ton on re-dos.