...and I'm not going to pick on Glenn, because he is obviously an expert at this, and I'm not. Glenn will be the first to admit that a complete ground-up engine build like this is way beyond the depth of anything that we've talked about so far. That said, Glenn's well-balanced engine build(s) may actually cost less, live longer, and make more power than the hack approach of randomly throwing a Carpenter cylinder head (or two) and a pair of giant cams on a low-compression stock engine.
To me, the cost of buying a Gen II crank, a set of 84mm pistons, a pair of cams, a set of 16 titanium Gen II valves, valve springs, retainers, and a pair of adjustable cam sprockets, PLUS the expense of boring and re-plating the cylinder block, balancing the crankshaft, head milling, porting, and valve guide machining, PLUS what it costs in terms of parts, labor, and fluids for a complete high-performance engine overhaul, demonstrates the appeal of simply slapping on a $3,000 Stage I turbo at 6psi, and instantly making 240 horsepower on pump gas without even lifting the valve cover. And Glenn's 13.8:1 race-gas stroker motor would probably need dual batteries to start- the turbo motor would start fine on one.