yeah, there is no reason to be loosing to the 450's, unless perhaps they have motor mods and you dont. Or you are stock , and they have all the bolt ons.
stock to stock , its close in the 1st 3 gears....but after that, the 700 pulls.
bolt ons to bolt ons and the 700 will walk. I would race a 450 stock to stock or mod to mod in a straight line drag anyday.
After you compare bolt on to bolt on and get into the motors, the 700 just shines even brighter.
thats not to say there are not faster than piss 450's out there....but if you are comparing equally modded machines, the displacement of the 700's starts to really become evident!
Learn how to shift these things, and they are flat out F-A-S-T.