Money vs Horsepower
Well Mopar as Crackedback can attest to my hydraulic roller turns 524 hp at 5600rpm and 527 ftlbs at 4300 rpm ,which with any stroker is pretty much right were you want to make your power in my book , cranking a stroked small block to 9grand on the street is both retarded and a waste of a good motor when it grenades and at those rpm`s it won`t be long, If your building a 9000rpm strip motor then yes for sure go solid but on the street and on a budget reliability is more important than valve float at an rpm level you`ll never reach .
PS this is only my opinion and not an attack on anyone else`s opinion
4" crank
0.040 over pistons at 10.2:1
custom grind IMM hydraulic roller
RHS heads -IMM ported
RPM Airgap
Holley 950hp