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ValiantMike said
I want to keep it as a rarely driven street car with an occasional 1/4 mile run.


That's the important line. I wouldnt go Magnums there either, just as BJR said. I would not, however, use a cam the size of the XE284 or the XE285HL. Way too much cam even for a stick car with low compression. I ran a 318 for a while with the oldschool High Energy 268H, that had a noticable idle, and really strong low and mid range, and pulled to 6800. That was with X heads, but in any case...A modern equivelent would be the XE268. I dont think any of the HL series is in the range you should be looking at. Keep it in the [email protected] range, with more on the exh side, and you wont be disappointed.