Never too old! Lol
I was just posting to the op that he don't need a stroker, at least right off the start.
If he's already at .030, I assume the engine was built and hopefully with good pistons. If so, he should be good pretty far into the 10's with the short block he's got....as long as it was built good.
Now, if someone is buying a new rotating assembly, stroker is probably the only way to go right now BC the stock stoke eagle cranks are hard to come by. My stock stroke engine was put together right before the strokers were common.
