Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project

While not ever adjusting the valves again sounds great and all - I've had the 60s head I have right now machined a couple times and it's VERY nice already. It's cost effective. Also my dad told me that the solid one is a better head to have anyway if there's an option between the two. He sometimes knows what he's talking about, but right now, it's just that the head is already super clean. I looked at several stock grinds to get an idea of what the camshaft is supposed to look like for a STOCK motor, and maybe make a baseline off of that for what would be good to add to it, but that just confused me more.

Also I noted that the 60-80 cams are very different from the 81+ I'm guessing because of the hydraulic lifter thing. So I'm wondering what ball park estimate I want this cam to be in. Unfortunately for me, there are so many options available to buy online for the slant six, but I'm not sure which one is for me.

I think I'll scrap the longrod idea too, since just like Brandon said, I've noticed a lot of "unobtanium" about them and how many millions of dollars those rods sell for. SO I guess my other question would be, what is a nice, price friendly piston for what I am doing? ALso, am I looking for flat pistons, domed, or dished? I assume Dished pistons to lower the C:R a bit but like mentioned above i will try and stay out of the 7's.

I see a lot of people who buy rebuild kits for these, and they say to just buy it, scrap the cam it comes with, and buy your own cam, and it's cheaper than buying everything seperately, would that be the same case if I'm replacing the pistons too? Or should I piece it all together seperately?

I looked at the flatlander kit, and at $1,200 without including shipping it doesn't have a cam included. Is this the only option or just one of them? Their stock master kit is $430 and am wondering where the huge difference will lie. It seems like they pull pistons and parts from other sources, and then sell them to you in a setup.