Some cam and spring, and gasket set help needed..

Its gonna be mild performance engine. I have seen many engines with upgraded springs and stock rockers. Are these rockers weaker than the older ones, such as the one on the early high compression 340? I would even go without the spring upgrade if it isnt necessary. I would go with a mild enough regrind to allow use of replacement stock spec springs if I have to. Or even stick with the stock cam If I have to.

Im not trying to argue or insult anybody. I suppose that all of these engines I see in mags and such are a timebomb waiting to happen with upgraded springs (not being sarcastic, most mag buildups suck when you get down to it). I started a new thread because I was misleading on the first one with a few things and wanted to get as much info across as I could.

The only reason I wanted to do the regrind was because it is such a good value. In the first thread along time ago, the 1331 grind was what you recommended. Although I had stated using 3.55 gears. Thats not gonna happen and I am gonna stick with the 3.23 gears. I was under the impression that the 1331 grind would be too much cam for the stock springs to control. I was also thinking that a spring upgrade would have been needed. Maybe thats not the case.

Do I even need to replace the springs at all with the above cam? If so, is there any regrind at all that would work with the stock spec springs? I would go with new, stock spec springs to avoid using wore out, old springs.

Also, I doubt this engine will even see 10,000 miles total. And no dragstrip time. If I really like the engine so much that I want to keep it, Ill pull the heads and rework them correctly.

Sorry for upsetting you, rusty. I just had the other thread so wacked out that I wanted to get it right to keep from misleading everybody.

EDIT: Maybe I should have drank the entire cup of coffee first! I see where you say any performance upgrade for a stock rocker is asking for it. I suppose ill stick with the stock cam. Although I could go with an upgraded rocker arm if it would offset the costs of custom length pushrods. Is there any option to go with to keep it cheap with an adjustable aftermarket rocker in place of the custom pushrods? Something like some used factory adjustable ones? Im starting to think about forgetting about the regrind.