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Barry,
You are opening up a big can of worms here, but since you asked, I'll put in my $.02 worth. Generally, the stroker will be lighter and probably cheaper. It will have more HP and much more torque than a 351W, but it won't have the sound or the panache of a 427SO. I've been asking these same questions myself for months and months now and have decided on the 427W for my own build. A good source of info on strokers, and Windsor engine performance, is Isaac Martin's book "Ford Windsor Small Block Performance" from HP Books and available at Amazon.com. There are a lot of stroked 351W's in Cobras out there and, hopefully, most of them will chime in. The big-block guys will get in too, but don't listen to them!!
Bill Stradtner
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