OK, I'm going to go against the flow here even though I built a stroker. If I were to do it again and I needed to hear my engine rev to 7,000 rpm or so, I'd stay with the stock stoke 351. You could add a solid roller cam without the monster valve springs or a solid lifter cam with the standard dual springs or even a hydraulic roller cam with a rev kit. Another item that we seem to forget when building 427 strokers is that the heads for small blocks don't have the airflow to support that many cubic inches (compared to heads for big block engines). My 393 has a Lunati hydraulic roller with Victor Jr. heads and it's through making horsepower at 6,000. Also sounds like a John Deere going down the road at slow speeds. But it pulls like a demon coming off a corner and up through the gears. I guess it's always a matter of personal taste which way to go, but if you go with a stroker use all the head you can get (AFR 225 would be a good bet) so you can support the cubic inches, or you can stay with the stock stroke and use any aftermarket heads with 185cc intake ports or larger. Horsepower or torque or RPM's? Such wonderful choices!!
h dog