That's all totally true, and of course I love these little 4G63's. The problem is you can build a stupid fast street car now with a stock 6.0L, 4L80E trans, a big turbo, and a decent converter/tire on the back for so cheap. HP/liter they aren't winning, but it's tough to outrun a 800hp car regardless.
One thing I used to love racing all the S/C and N/A V8's back in the day with my old Eclipse down there. Even the "fast" ones in 03-06 were usually only 11-12 second cars. Now the street is full of 9 sec capable street cars on pump gas/E85.