to stroke or not to stroke?

I agree. I was just looking to make the scrutiny fair. Mad seems to be the only one having his credentials in question here. Madscientist presented a difference of popular opinion and backed his ideas up with simple facts and logic that no one has been able to really make a good argument against other than to question him and his abilities or knowledge.

Logic is often something no one will question just because it makes sense, but simple facts still sometimes require validation through empirical data. Now, I'm not questioning mad's skills, but I've seen quite a few builds too, and I don't think I've seen any 500ci big blocks that made less than 500hp when the torque rating was over 800lb/ft (UNLESS...you're talking about where the hp sat AT the torque peak, which says nothing about the hp peak). Typically, It's the other way around, just not to that extreme...like if you build up a 360 to make over 500hp, the torque won't be quite as high unless you find ways to fortify the oxygen content unless you're talking about a nitrous engine in which case, I've witnessed those dyno runs where a LS1 on a 180 shot made 520hp, but 680lb/ft of torque. (EDIT: this one was on a chassis dyno, FWIW)

All that being said, I'm not questioning it on here because it turns into a pissing match...and this thread is already full of it.

If someone has a 3.79 stroke build I'd be especially interested in that

...look at MRL...use the search function...he might've made one in the past.