X1 on Oregon Cam Grinding, as well as checking out slantsix.org. I've gained a ton of info and help from that site as I work through my build. I am assembling a 79 slant to replace my original motor in my 66 Valiant, and it sounds like your goals are similar to mine. I wanted something streetable but healthy, with decent mileage and running well on junk gas. I decided to set it up for torque as opposed to horsepower. Slants have a bigger problem with good intake flow than exhaust, so my cam is set up accordingly. I had a mild clean-up port job done on the head, had bigger valves installed, and shaved it enough to get the static compression up to about 9.2 which got me dynamic compression of 8.1. It's getting an Offy 4-BBL intake with an Edelbrock 500, and dual Dutra duals for the exhaust. The cam was custom ordered from OCG on the recommendation of one of the slant gurus. It's a 1416 grind on the intake, and 819 on the exhaust with 108 degree lobe centers and installed at 103 degrees or so. Total duration is .258/.248 (226/219 at .050 lift), and overall lift is .459/.437. Projected results of all this should put me at about 170 HP and about 230 foot pounds of torque.
Hope all this helps. If you decide to use OCG make sure you talk to Ken to set up your order. They do great work, turnaround time was quick at about a week, and the price was right - only about $80 or so if I recall.
