1992 Dodge Dakota 5.2 Magnum advice

SSVDP said

Intake is #1, the exhaust system has a ton of back pressure.
Any intake would be a huge improvement & your normal calibration should work pretty good, it's very conservative.
After that a bit higher compression & I think 2.02" intake valves fit.
The heads have a lot of flow but the engine RPM is limited by valve train stiffness so it gets harder to take advantage of the flow potential.

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I disagree!

Exhaust #1!!!!
Intake is sufficient for reasonable sizes camshafts. Internal mods support over 450hp on the stock legged intake.

Only an arrow number of camshafts will allow a stock calibration.

I'd go 1/2 a point more unless a reasonably large street camshaft is used. 9.0-1 is supposed to be the stock ratio and it is enough with the proper camshaft to make a lot of hp.

Not that a 2.02 valve wouldn't help but it now, in my eyes, wonder if a few minor hp extra would be worth the otherwise comparatively huge expense of adding said valves.

What the hell is valve train stiffness? That would limiting?
I have NEVER heard of that!!!!