Perhaps I'm missing something, didn't California Bill used to put a 228 crank in a bored 248 block to get a short stroke 270?
With the drastic rework of the head it sounds like GPF is contemplating wouldn't that make more power (horsepower anyway) since with the lighter crank (than a 248, or so I read) it should spin up quicker.
IIRC aren't the 228/248 a shorter deck block? 'Should make for lighter pistons (not as light as Ron's but hey, lighter is lighter).
