I see your point. It do get fuzzy what the intentions were. I guess the fact of the matter is, with the right cam profile, intake etc. you can make it do what you want.
The best "truck" engines typically will have a longer stroke than the size of the bore, for purposes of "torque". But that alone does not a truck engine make.
The Chev 305 (what a dog that was) has longer stroke than bore but was designed for "emission control" above all else.
How about the old Chevy 348 (later the legendary 409)? The 348 was considered a "truck" engine!
Racing? Short stroke, big bore. That "formula" (arguably) would make the 429 more desirable than the 460?
Ernie
Edit:
Man, was Computerworks onto something or what when he split this thread off another thread, LOL. THAT was brilliant!
