I tell you what... after much thought and talk with a few folks. I'm gonna run with the cam that Hughes suggested and go from there. I know I can deal with a pretty healthy cam without much issue, I love a loud obnoxious car to boot. If it turns out that the cam makes the car unbearable to drive, like mentioned above... it's an easy fix. Then I have a cam for my next build already sitting on the shelf.

I still plan on running 3.73 gears with a built 518 overdrive trans which should put my freeway rpm around 2350 at 75 mph with a 28 inch tire. I can tolerate that easily.