The stroker kits are pretty much all the same cost, and stronger than stock cranks and rods.

For what your doing, the 511 (4.25" stroke) stroker kit with 24cc dished pistons and Edelbrock RPM (84cc) heads, with zero deck and 0.040" head gasket results in 9.88:1 compression. The dish on the pistons still leaves a good quench area, and the compression is good for pump gas with the cams you will be looking at (likely in the 240 @ 0.050" range.) Maybe Comp XE285HL? for good low/midrange power, good for a daily driver, but should have a noticable idle, but not choppy like a race cam.