340 street build help from experienced input

The maintenance on a solid is overstated. Once it settles in it doesn’t change much. If it starts to open up, you know you have an small issue before it becomes a bigger issue. Checking it once a year is like a physical for the car. A car capable of low 11’s is pretty easy with solid flat tappet. Especially with a good cylinder head. Roller lifter is good for snapping the valve open to a useable lift number very quickly. It is more complex and can be harder on everything else in the valvetrain, because the speed at which it can move the valve. They need more valve spring etc. For someone like me, yes. Solid roller is in my future. The class I run put’s me in a box where it is difficult to increase gross valve lift. So a good option is to snap open the valve quicker. But street car, no real need to add a complex part when a simple one will get you to your goal rather easily. You also can go roller in the future if you want more power. Oh, personally if it has adjustable rockers, I will never use a hydr lifter. Stock rebuild, ok. Anything else for me its gets a solid lifter. I have been down the hydr mysterious lifter road. Pumps up/bleeds down, and rollers REALLY don’t like to bounce!