Maybe I'm bored with all the bore relieving or what but after about 9 stroker motors in a row I"m a little "stroked-out". I love strokers but sometimes, somehow it makes it almost too easy to make decent power anymore....you gotta admit the 'turn key' 'Kit' recipie approach has taken at least some of the Hotness out of Hot rodding when almost anybody can do it in a "pick one from column A one from column B" method

So....Show me some old school, wind-em up TIGHT stock stroke horsepower. My first sub 12 pass was in a 340 dart with W2's and a 4 speed some 30 yrs ago; I still love the change in pitch you get only from a +7K small block!

Keeping in the street theme show me a combo that will make 500hp with the SMALLEST cam required that'll get there. 500 Crank hp should put a typical A body (no real exotic suspension) into the high 10's pretty easy no matter how many cubes you got.

Can't wait to fire up this 341"/318....just ordered my pushrods from Smith brothers after scoring a set of old school 273 rockers. I know it won't make 500 (but it could with a solid cam and more r's) but it should make at least 460 by 6500rpm which should be plenty for an 85" wheelbase!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrB62FSfAoU