To stroke or not to stroke......

BJR Racing said
One of the 360's that we have runs on pump 93 and runs in the mid to upper 11's, including all the machine work and parts the total bill is just at $3000.00 when we did it a year ago. The price now would be 25% higher as parts went up like everything else. The car scaled @ 3290 lbs. and never went over 6000 rpms I believe it went thru the traps @ 5700 rpm's or so.
The aftermarket parts were a comp cams cam, mopar intake, holley carb., comp springs, adjustable rocker arms (iron), a set of chrome moly pushrods 5/16, and comp lifters.
The rest of the engine was a rebuild kit with rings, brgs., gaskets, chain and gears, oil pump and screen, after this the rest was in machining $1600.00 worth. This engine now would cost about $3300.00 - $3400.00 due to parts cost. This would be a very streetable engine and run too and could easily go 100K mi.. Mine did after 3 years in the work truck at 35,000 mi. a year and now at the track.
Just my .02 worth.

List your combo, not just the name of some of the engine parts you used either, I mean a complete detailed breakdown of what you did exactly to the engine, trans, and what gear and tire combo.

As to cost, I am with the others on this, if you are doing a rebuild anyway, and your budget permits, build the stroker, you will not regret it as the cost will only be slightly more than a standard rebuild and you will get way more bang for your buck, and it will last longer than a stock 350 cheby or a 351 turd. As for BJ's concerns, I am sorry to disagree with you but it is considered to be ideal to be somewhere between .80 and 1.2 for a bore-to-stroke ratio in general, and as a stock 360 is at .89 and a stroked 360 with a 4 inch crank is going to be 1.0, I do believe that places it smack dead center of what is considered to be ideal. Do a little research and you will see that I am correct. If it's all out max horsepower your looking for, then running a short stroke at high rpms is what you want, but if you want something you can drive on the street and has so much torque it can lift the front wheels with 2.72 ring gears and still go out and tear up the track, a stroker is the only way to go.