there's a local guy here, now runs a windsor based stroked with a big single turbo. He can run deep in the 8s, but the car is for street racing. He used to run stock block 5.0Ls on two stage of spray. 500hp to the tires, and split two clean in half. The 302 rod is like 5" long, and the pistons are msaller. Smaller=lighter, plus, the short strokes are slow average piston speeds. Much less stress.