Stopping the knock: Lower compression and ported heads...

"I" would not waste money (it would be to me) on a stroker for the street. A good ole low comp 440 that would run on most any swill would be what I would aim for and put the money in the heads. Like Jim Laroy's low compression 440 build. You can run 87 in that from get to go and never have a worry. Regardless of what people have run for 30 years, race bred builds are race bred builds and street builds are street bred builds. We've all pushed the envelope with engine builds and in extreme street conditions such as heat soak, they protest. If something is already built on the edge, it doesn't take much to push it over.