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Tough call, but my guess would be more horsepower with the stock displacement and goodies. More torque with a stroker and stock heads.
If it were mine...( and I've done it this way before) I stay with the 302 to begin with and add the goodies. Wait until you need a rebuild and then do the stroking. My last Mustang playtoy was done this way. I added a B303 cam, twisted wedge heads, performer RPM manifold, Edelbrock 750 carb, Mac equal length snake tube headers, and MSD distributor in the first go around. My God, what a difference! I don't think stroking without the rest of the parts would have had near the effect. It had less torque, but when it came up on the cam it would really wake you up. 373 gears made up for the lack in torque.
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