Is it worth the $ to build a 5.9 Magnum (or LA 360) without making it a stroker?

I tried to get a stock stroke 360 crank with a Chevy journal but couldn’t find one. You would love that combo with a W2 Head build as it would easily run 9’s in an A body.
I have one of those with 340 journal size, it says mopar on it but I believe Scat made them. In the future I will be combining it with an R3 block and 48 degree w2 heads. That build is several years away though. It seems to me that for a race application people are trending away from the 4" arm in favor of the 3.58, although I have no proof to back that statement.