Hoserpower is a function of torque that relies on high rpms. How you want to build your engine depends on a great number of things.

In aperformance build, the torque almost comes naturally with these engines; if I had a Cobra kit car, I'd like it to rev/have some peak power too, even though it would certainly be ahandfull in a little car like that.

That being said, you don't need to generate massive horsepower to be quick and/or fast.

Paul