[Dominik]

Last time I read about those all out WOT V8s (in the 90s), they had what felt like 14 different compression ratios across the 8 cylinders, as many rocker arm ratios and even took cam twist into account, meaning front cam timing was ahead of the rear.

All that when I considered "timing" my 496 cui cam (discarded that idea because of above and put it on "zero")

I poured another whisky after.

Technically, if you have variable cam timing today for each valve and measure efficiency in each exhaust (make up a value for "efficiency" here, perhaps a combination of heat, speed, AF ratio, pressure...), then you get more out of your mill.

Buy better tires instead. Helps more.