5.9 stroker build

RBConvert said
You're right, I enjoy driving my cars on the street. The goal is performance that includes comfort and safety, and reliability.
The goal of this build is to raise the hp and torque minimum into the high-400's, while moving the power band lower in the rpm range.
The block will receive a bore and hone, clean and square the decks. The machine shop will install new cam bearings and the oil pump shaft bushing.
It will be a 408" stroker, TF aluminum heads, Eddy RPM AirGap intake, Eddy 800 cfm AVS2 carb, keeping the TTI headers. Hyd roller cam, within the 230 - 236 duration range, > .550 lift, and minimum LSA of 110°.
We're assembling the engine in Greg's shop. This is my first small block engine build, in fact it's only my second build ever. The 440 in the Coronet was built by the machine shop. A friend and I built a 440 for my Charger back in 1985. Honestly, we didn't know what we were doing. We just followed the FSM and the advice from more seasoned car guys. But the engine ran great, all the way up until I sold the car in 1991, so we did something right, or were just lucky.
Today, with the internet, how-to books, and this forum, I armed with a pretty good understanding of matching compatible parts to achieve my goal. A few resources I'm leaning heavily on is the YT channel JustMoparJoe. He's filmed a multi-part series on building a 360. @krazykuda wrote an excellent series of articles on his 360 build. I'm also reading 'How To Rebuild the Small-Block Mopar' by William Burt. @Kern Dog has a wealth of knowledge on small blocks, and A bodies in general and I'm looking forward to going through the build process with him.
And of course there's this forum. I started this thread not only to document my build, but to invite members to comment and advise, and even question some of my decisions. Thank you in advance.

Rich, it might go without saying, but I've only been involved in one engine build myself (the 451 in my 68 sport satellite) and I made a mistake when selecting pistons. As Dwayne Porter told me - be mindful to select your cam first and then your pistons to match, considering California fuel octane and your intended max compression ratio, quench, etc. I only talked to Dwayne after my build when fighting a detonation issue (my motor is currently 10.2:1) and had made the mistake of buying my flat top pistons first and then separately chose a cam. The combo works ok, but if I would have chosen the cam first and then sourced the pistons to match I would have a much better motor combo with a reduced compression ratio closer to 9.6:1, allowing me to run more engine timing. When I reviewed my motor build years later with Dwayne Porter, looking for a cam swap recommendation, he told me the cam I had was what he would run and the only solution to my issue was to also swap pistons if I wanted a different cam. So - cam first, then pistons!