If you are buying the kit to put an early cam in a vvt block your at the same price asa vvt cam anyway.
Easy to lock out the phaser and i have seen lots of good priced new and used vvt cams floating around. Hell last week I picked up a lightly used Comp 274 with limiter and non mds lifters for $400 and an inertia mororsports eagle cam and lifters for $300 so plenty of vvt parts seem to be floating around