[Tony Radford]

Bruce, I understand your rationalization. Almost all of the Cobra guys here in Atlanta are running Windsor strokers in their cars. I put 7,500 miles on my car with a 410 HP stock stroke Windsor and really enjoyed it. Last fall, I had the engine replaced with a 427 Windsor stroker. Let me tell you, there is absolutely no comparison. And you can't compare a stroked Windsor to a BB. The characteristics are quite different. My stroker has an optimum shift point of 6,200 RPMs where my other motor died at 5,000. I'm running lightweight pistons, H-beam rods and an aluminum flywheel. My engine revs exponentially faster than my stock stroke motor. Remember, stroking isn't about additional displacement. It's about moving that connecting rod further away from the crank centerline. It's torque that give you that "jet-fighter" sensation. Ask anyone who's running a stroker that has experience with a non-stroker and see how many say they wish they hadn't changed. If I were to race my old configuration with my new one, the old Tony would be slaughtered! That should be enough to tell you that the fun factor in considerably higher.