Correct on all counts Rusty.  I'm using the airplane as a dyno in these tests which has very little to do with the way airplanes are actually used.  As I have said in the past, top speed and HP numbers are good for only one thing -  Hangar bragging rights.  My comment about never testing above 6000 applies only to the recent Renesis testing.

As an example of why it makes no sense to go fast down low, I can fly 202 mph at 1000 ft (not full throttle) while sweating profusely in a hot cockpit while burning about 16 GPH. I can go the same speed at 14000 ft in complete comfort while burning 8.25 GPH (numbers from earlier 2nd gen 13B engine).

Tracy (installing longer intake runners in shoebox manifold - Turbo flyers beware : )