Now as to your question, we personally use no HV pumps in any street units UNLESS they have aluminum rods. It "stresses" the timing chain, it's tougher on the cam/distributor gears (moreso with the bronze setup), and it does take away a small amount of power from the unit. Probably not measurable, but true nonetheless. Thanks, Gary in N.Y.
P.S. I'm going to add this here but it's a debatable issue. The HV pump contrary to legend, MAY pump the oil away from the screen quick enough to cause main bearing damage. We use to say it would drain the pan. Splittin' hairs, whether it drains the pan or simply takes the supply away from the screen long enough doesn't matter, we repaired a bunch of front mains over the years from lack of oil. We installed the standard M77 pump with the same(M77020) spring I mentioned above and cured the problem. It basically only showed up with stock 4 quart pans. I'm not gonna argue this one!
Ditto on the model kits! My best were lost when the Hobby Shop burned under suspicious circumstances....
How did you get hooked on cars?