Well, speaking of bassackwardsness, heres a bassackwards swap that I helped my buddy do:
The car is a 1991 VW GTI, with a G60 block and a crossflow 8v head.
It runs 17PSI, Reliably, on 20 year old management, makes 250lbs/tq easily (more than an NSX). And makes roughly about 200hp to the...