360 cam and gear drive suggestions

I have a 74 Dart with a numbers matching 360. The engine has been rebuilt but it is throwing oil out of the dip stick. I am planning on having the engine gone through to check it out and I want to install a new cam and I was wondering what I should go with. I also like the sound of a gear drive, has anybody had any experience with a gear drive versus a double roller chain? Here is some info on the car that might help in the cam choice. 360 with factory intake and exhaust manifolds, 2 1/2" TTI exhaust with H pipe and flowmasters, going to install an 8 3/4 rear with 410 gears and may install around a 2500 stall. I want the cam to have a good choppy sound but I want it to perform as well as I can get it to. Thank you for all of your suggestions.

The only benifit to a geardrive is it can be adjusted easier. If you want one even easier than that then you need a belt drive. I have seen several dyno tests with the different drives and never seen more than 2-3 hp differance if the cam timing was no changed.

I've heard that the benefit of gear drive is the accuracy of setting your timing and it hold it. You won't get the ever so slight variation you get with a chain. Thing is, MOST people that run these don't set their timing that good to begin with. If you want it for the sound, then thats a different story. Thats what I lot of people get them for. Me, I'll run a supercharger to get that sound

On a SB you can fit the chain tensioner from the later Magnum's. This is a really good setup and takes out any slop in the chain. Mancini can fix you up.

If you want a gear drive, the Milodon idler type is supposed to be the best. There are less expensive offerings but I'd take the chain first.

the cheaper CAT gear drive are getting some good feed back from a few that are running them,they are like 120$ compaird to 300-400 $ for name brands

the hughes whiplash has a nice lump sound and is a great performance/cruzer cam

My kid has Pete Jackson in his BB.After probally 15K street and strip models no problems at all.Rocky

cam, hard to go wrong with an XE262 or XE268....

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cam, hard to go wrong with an XE262 or XE268....

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Will these cams have a good lope to them? Will they work fine with factory exhaust manifolds? And should I use a stall converter other than stock? Thanks for the help.