Who was it that quoted Shelby, ",,,,,a little bit of Texas, a little bit of snake
oil and things better left unmetioned....." or words to that affect.
Classic salesman kinda thing, and they don't get much better than he is at it. As far as "marketing" goes, thats pretty much standard operating procedure for race car owners, salesman and a host of others, isn't?
Or as Bush might say: "Plausible deniabilty". The motor is assolutley to "specs" (at least, to my specs,,,,,,,,), lol.
Ernie