Thoughts on this 318 build
If it’s in the budget, i’d go roller cam conversion. Friend of mine just had one lobe go flat on him after a month installed and running. He did a proper break in and was running vr1 oil and he still lost a cam after just one month. I run that xe268h in my 350 s10 with a 2500 stall and 3.25 gears. I would highly recommend a 2800-3000 stall.