[geeteeohguy]

Brad Yost (Sirottica) nailed it. Have a local guy who builds race engines and built a healthy stroker for a friend of mine with the stipulation that there would be NO warranty at all. He said he's tired of the BS and doesn't really want to build engines anymore, he just wants to do the machine work. My buddy did not want to assemble, so he had the machinist do it. It came out great.
I had the same machinist do my stroker (these are sbc engines for non-Pontiacs we have) and I did my own assembly, and my cost was 1/3 of my buddy's.
I checked the work, and all the clearances were not only in spec, but they were the same. Cost me all of $700 to refresh my 383 SBC, and this was 3 years ago. Sure wish I could do that with a Pontiac!
Looking at the carnage, I'm throwing my hat in the wrong geometry camp. Too much leverage in the wrong places. Not a one-time over-rev. But that's speculation.
I will never, ever, run roller lifters or roller rockers in a StratoStreak engine. Not in my lifetime. I like driving my cars, not draining my bank account while my car sits parked. I'll let the baller guys who need 500 HP to go get an ice cream cone deal with that lifestyle.