Boss 302 myths

I was hanging out at smokeys 'Hawaiian smokey' speed and machine shop 20 years ago in o side. He ran at pomona,carlsbad, worked with dragmasters in carlsbad...anyways..he had a 302 sitting on the stand he built/restored for a guy. He said they're gutless under 4000 rpm...but would yank you to near 8k afterward if you had the stick n springs in it. He was right. Too bad it wasnt enough.
This is a mopar site, of course there is biased here. Are you naive, I think not.. so don't have any feelings about it and lets try and contribute.