318 Senior Project Build

First things first! When you order from Summit, tell them it is your senior year project.
The "Kit" from summit can be ordered with the kB Hyper pistons. Just ask to sub out the OE pistons.
The above cam recommendation is a better idea unless you can get a higher stall converter and use decent rear gears.

Also, while blue printing an engine is a great thing to do, in my opinion, for this project, you don't need to spend the money on blue printing. But do have the crank, rods, bearings, pistons, rings, torque converter and harmonic balancer balanced as a unit.

This will make the engine run real smooth, vibration free.

Good luck, post up pictures!