slant questions

PAW, RPM, Mad Dog Racing all have decent prices on kits. Are you doing all your own work or having a shop do it? I would disagree that hoping it up hurts relyabilaty . I would recommend a mild build up, Shave the head a little to raise compression and over sized valves. This wont cost you any extra at the machine shop (PM me for details) and you get great gains. We have a group cam buy at Erson on cams ,lifters,springs,etc. over at slantsix.org. Again im NOT trying to make a race car out of it just spruce it up a little.
My02.
Frank