you can throw craploads of power into anything and make it go fast.  but it'll be the difference between a nice ride, and a temper tantrum redheaded stepchild where you fear for your life everytime you press the go pedal.  think of it like dropping 1000hp into a kia, and 1000hp into a corvette.  they'll both go fast...

The way the fiberglass was done and full vs. quarter stringer questions both kind of go to the same thing.  That is making the hull strong and rigid at a reasonable cost.  Hand laid vs. chopper gun?  Either method will build a strong long lasting hull.  Or not.  Same with the stringers.  If properly designed and more importantly, if properly maintained for decades,  any of these methods are acceptable.   I have two boats that are both quarter stringer designs.  The Spectra 20 is laid up like a tank.  Cuts through terrible chop with ease. I've seen people run twice the horsepower I do and have no problems.
Stick with a premier name and do a little homework here.  IMHO the quality of the rigging, and the quality of the maintainance down through the years, is what will determine how much quality you are buying at this point.  If no one has broken the hull in 40 years you probably won't either.

When you are discussing lay up techniques and stringer lengths, then yes, those things will have much more effect on strength/durability than on handling or performance.

thank you all very much for the replies. that was very informative crewchief22. is there a book i can read to learn about hull design? theres got to be some way that the original designers learned all of this stuff. thank you.

Hi everyone I have a question why we are on the subject has anyone come across an eliminator tunnel hull without the pickle fork front end

Here you go

It runs real smooth and runs fast the family friend we bought it from owned a boat shop called pro boat in california he purchased the hull mold and did it himself was a closed bow but opened it up had a 502 with nitrous

With the large number of good boats for sale with and without engines there is no reason to mess with something that will need the stringers replaced. 

If you're looking for something on a budget, you can find good hulls that will need paint or upholstery.  That way you don't chance causing problems by changing the stringers.