I thought it was a pretty cool deal. IIRC, the 225 has a 4.125 stroke, so RPM is limited and it's better built for torque. It seemed to plateau around 5000 RPM. In a light car, that thing would be a lotta fun. And I don't much care what Freiburger thinks is cool. There's a gold Duster that runs 10s with a Slant6, and that's definitely cool.
Kinda short stroked, imo.
The 230 I am building has a half inch more stroke, lol.