longer means weaker but nobody ever brings that up.rod ratio in my opinion is old school mopar voodoo.the difference in the angle of a connecting rod in a 440 vs a 454 comes down to like a couple of degrees.

in engine masters before there was a compression limit guys were running like 13 to 1 on pump gas and doing it with a small bore long stroke short rod combo deliberately to pop the piston to the top of the bore and snap it down quikly to avoid detonation