My doomed 408 build

I called and spoke with Tim @ Hughes engines. He spent about a half hour getting all the specs and my parts build list.
His recommendation was to pull the hyd roller set up, sell them to recover some of the cost. Then go with a solid flat tappet cam. EDM lifters. With my build he gave me a cam recommendation I wrote down. He wants me to change the springs as the ones that come with eddy heads "suck". Totalbill for parts will be around $700.
My original build cost was $6000.
The second rebuild after the eaten cam lobe was $3000.
Now I'm looking at another grand. I might have it running mid summer.
I should have built a big block.