Stroker or Not

Scat cast stroker crank nets out to about $300 more if you are doing a total rebuild to your motor. No need for a forged crank for under 500 HP. The scat cast cranks are fillet radius so they are much stronger than a stock 360 cast crank.

Pistons, rods, bearings, etc is relatively the same stroker or non stroker.

Not many other things you could do to a street motor that would give you the HP/$ numbers as a stroker crank (not counting nitrous). Hardly anything will give you the street HP increase with the drivability.