440 build questions and any suggestions.

Whats the pistons part number and how many cc's are the heads chamber?
What gear ratio will you be useing?
This 440 is going into the avatars dart?

Intake, purchasing new? Go for the Edel. RPM.

Stock rods and crank can take a good fair amount of abuse. Keeping it sane, not blasting past 1.1 HP per cube level, you'll enjoy the engine for a long time.

Performance wise, your intake valve is on the small side, so unless your looking at a full port job, I can see a cam around not exceeding 292 advertised, 244 @ .050.

IMO, for a nice street bruiser type of cam, I would look into a Comp Extreme HI-Lift cam that has the duration (Power band) that matchs your cars weight, gear ratio.

Example of the 2 I'd look at;

XE275HL @ .050 231/237 - .525 lift
XE285HL @ .050 241/247 - .545 lift

These would work real well with pocket ported heads and the RPM with a 750 - 800 carb.