Um, maybe. Talk to some of the high power Drag Week guys and see what they do. They have high compression race engines and they drive from race to race. I think they use a few tricks such as changing the timing and/or the carb when they are on the street. I guess it all depends on what you're trying to do. My Duster has a 600 hp pump gas engine and it doesn't need anymore power. I don't even go WOT with it on the street. I took a buddy for a drive the other day and rolled into the throttle a bit. Looked at the data logger when I got back to the shop and at 75% throttle we went zero to 80 in four seconds. No real need for me to have anymore power than that!