400 to 451 stroker questions

I searched high and low for a modern piston (coated, metric ring pack etc) for my 451 refresh and there just isn't much out there unless you get creative and use a BBC rod around 6.660ish from what I remember.

Keep in mind when looking for pistons that your desired compression height will be (deck height - connecting rod length - (1/2 stroke) i.e. (9.980 - 6.535 - 2.125) = 1.32

if you have full deck height or more, or can deal with a thicker gasket then someone could possibly use the Mahle 1.35CH piston, only downside is it has 8cc valve pockets instead of the typical 4-5cc.
9.98 deck height and a 6.76 rod shows to be .005" above deck if my calc is right.