340-360 vs 408-414

I'm not a big stroker fan. I don't get/understand why the hell you should have to pull the motor to "freshen" it up. Sounds like a great way to piss more money away. A stock stroke motor well built can and will give you 100k miles but it depends on what you're doing with it.
All that said I always like screamin engines! Something about the way they sound turning 5-6K RPMS.