So how do you qualify and quantify that doing all that makes power? How did the author verify his claims?
I can tell you a circle track customer did all that paint work, and he did it in the crank case too, and was all giddy with his effort. It went on the dyno and his 383 did exactly what we expected.
He had a filter blow off (cheap assed filter...I forget what it was) of fail and it kicked a rod off and killed the block.
He wanted me to paint all that crap because he was too busy. I passed.
When it went back on the dyno, it made the exact same power. And at the track the laps times were identical. He was bummed that all that effort did nothing.
