To Stroke or not to Stroke?

ir3333 said

wasn't the idea behind strokers to make lo hp and hi torque at lower rpm?
all the 60's strokers were like that to propel heavy cars adequately.I know of 2
360 based 408's with iron heads that only dynode around 375 hp...but they can
boil the hides.
these guys were all square bore / stroke and made hi torque but did not rev hi
400 Buick 4.04 x 3.9
455 Olds 4.125 x 4.25
421 pontiac 4.12 x 4.0

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They way I see it is basically cam/heads is the power and displacement is the powerband (rpm) selector.

So when selecting power you want depends what you consider streetable but probably in the .9 to 1.2 hp per cid (408 would be 370 to about 500 hp) street strip 1.2 plus hp per cid.

But most are not gonna want to not go much further than 7000 rpm peak power. So the only way is more cubic inches with appropriate cam/heads. Race guys are probably bring it up to 8500 rpm. But after that unless you can afford complete custom engines some kind of power adder will be needed.