Stroker advantage

dartfreak75 said

Everytime I talk to a fellow car guy weither it be a ford Chevy or mopar guy they always talk about their "Stroker motor" I even see it in here alot you see a ton of 408s and other stroker variations. Ever time I talk about my engine build the first thing people say is why ain't you gonna stroke it? So this leaves me to question... what are the power advantages to a Stroker? Other than cubes? For instance take two identical combinations same intake carb, heads, cam, compression, exhaust, bore, pistons everything exactly the same one has a 3.58 the other has a 4" stroke how much more power are we talking? 20hp 50hp.....? I'm just curious and inquiring minds have to know.

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First of all, why would you build a 360 and a 408 with the same components? I wouldn’t. That’s the wrong way to do it.

The only real advantages are lower RPM and needing less gear.

In a drag race (or any race for that matter) if you have a 500 HP 360 and a 500 HP 408 and the 360 does makes the power at say, 6500 and the 408 makes it say 5800, the 360 will produce quicker ET’s or lap times by virtue of RPM and gearing.

Engine builders love to do strokers because it’s the “popular” thing to do. It’s all over the magazines, Internet, TV and everywhere else.

As someone who grew up following Modified Eliminator (rot in hell NHRA for killing the best Sportsman class ever) it’s always RPM over stoke length for me. RPM is HORSEPOWER, and HORESPOWER wins races, not torque.

Torque makes the tire smoking street guys giggle until you take their money.