I’ve considered the same route your looking at
There is a guy over at Moparts with and
Pre-eagle stock 5.7 with a small cam
And a set of eagle heads in a 3150 Dakota
And it runs 6.80’s
Eagle heads and the older position makes for high compression and is his reason for lack cam
That is my friends truck and yes I think it’s pretty fast for pretty much used stuff. If I remember right when he got the used engine it had a hole in the block from a rod letting go. He just welded it up and went on. Lol
