318 Rebuild suggestions?

Just getting back to this thread now, been busy all weekend dealing with a midterm quiz

So I talked with my friend and, well, he helped me get a better idea of what price I'm looking at for my rebuild (as opposed to what numbers my research turned up). Given this development, and the info I shared with him, he said the best course of action is to either have them machine the block/heads and fit valves and we can do the rest of the assembly, or "$1650 & 3 year no-mileage-cap warranty ain't bad for a new crate motor". In the meantime, he said to try and research a good small duration cam to use with a 318 block. Any ideas?