340 camshaft recommendations for stock converter

GTX JOHN said

If it was me, I would run the stock intake and carb.
I also would run the original 340 cam if it is in good condition
with new lifters.
These cars would run to 6000 easily with stock springs and camshaft
and were good daily drivers that would run 13s in quarter if well driven
and tuned!
My son and I both run NHRA legal stockers that run Mid 10s @ 125
with stock intake and carb plus stock lift intake = Nothing wrong with intake
and carb.

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John,

I've got all of the stock components except for the carb. It had a single inlet, spread bore holley on it. I'll have to look at the model number to determine the CFM rating. After getting the intake and oil pan off, the engine is going to have to be gone through. Unfortunately, it was stored without a distributor, so mice found their way into the intake valley and proceeded to drop all sorts of debris through the engine.
Could you provide any tips regarding the heads themselves? Any porting to the stock intake? You can PM me if you don't want to post about it. I ran the #s on the transmission last night and it's the original 340 spec 727 with the factory "high stall" converter, which is about 22-2400 RPM per what I read in Mr. Hand's 727 book.