to stroke or not to stroke?

rumblefish360 said
Mad Sci just didn't address one thing, one very small thing

The added torque of the long arm helps get the car moving faster off the line.
This is why strokers are well liked.

2 engines, displacement the same, HP at the big end the same.
The long arm gets off the line easier and quicker. More torque also equals more HP.

You all are getting carried away. Have a nice day fellas and don't forget to breath deeply before typing. ;)

Some say I'm going fishing, I say I'm going wrenching. ;)

Really? Because your point is proven incorrect by none other than HAROLD BETTES of Super Flow fame. Would you agree he's a pretty smart guy? I've met him at least 5 times I remember and talked on the phone with him probably in excess of 40 hours over the years. I know, for a FACT, he is way smarter than I am. And you are posing the opposite of what Bettes teaches. You can buy his book and read it for your self . what he says is this: if you want to see how your torque works, put you car in high gear (must have a full manual valve body or a real trans...a stick) and from a DEAD STOP mash on it. How will that torque work for you then, It will be a pig. Very few combos can run one gear and that is usually fueled by nitro,

If we are going to have this discussion, we at least to be intellectually honest. If you can't do that, I won't respond to this thread again.