new build specs

I am installingthe cam advanced a few degrees, so bottom end should be plentiful. The runners on the 302 heads are small but they have been cleaned up pretty well, and are ported to the size of the ports of a cast 360 intake. They were going to be run on a 360 and I convinced them that my 340 heads with 2.02's were a better choice.
I chose the performer intake for that purpose, too, after much discussion and a few annoyed people, because I want some grunt, as well as top end. My torque converter flashes at @2200 now so I know it will flash higher with more torque applied. So far, so good. I spoke with the men at Isky for a long time, I wanted to run the strongest street cam they had for a 318 and they said this is a great little cam, since on a 108 it will build cylinder pressure, but it will also breath at 6000 with the 221 degrees of duration. So, we'll see. I had another engine ready to build when I found those cracks, that one was zero decked, would have been alot of fun but I don't have the money now to get this one decked, so I gotta go for it with what I got for now. Some folks have said compression would be an issue but I believe I will be ok.
I speak with Tim and the guys at Hughes quite a bit, and have a 318 whiplash series cam sitting here in the box, my problem with it is that I don't have the clearance in my retainer/guide area. Overall, after talking with so many different grinders about cam timing events and their effects I chose a little tighter lsa, enough duration to rpm, and enough lift to use these little runners well. I hope I made a good choice! I guess we'll see! I am beginning building tonight.