Doing some engine mods and need advice from folks who have been down this road.

Replacing cam, lifters, maybe rockers and pushrods and springs.

Any advice for a strong, lumpy, setup? Do I want hydraulic, solid, roller, beehives, chrome moly, yadda yadda?

Its a 1968 327 with the small chamber camel hump heads.


Cheers!

Depends what you are going to do with the car. The cam and valvetrain parts are quite different for an all out race car than a everyday grocery getter or a weekend pleasure car. Rear gearing, CR, trans type, induction and exhaust systems are all factors that play into selecting a cam. Lump idles are cause by a lot of overlap, which can destroy gas milage and low speed driveablity. Just depends on what you are after.

Well, the car is mostly gonna be for pleasure cruising, cruise nights with maybe occasional forays to the drag strip for nostalgia night bracket racing.

With that in mind it has to be streetable, its an auto trans with stock rear end so im thinking 3.08 gears, exhaust is stock manifolds into hi-flow mufflers, 2.25" twin all the way back although headers are coming soon.

Hard to say whos components are best. I've always found Crane to be utterly reliable and not erribly spendy. But, before any cam can be recommended , you must determine the compression ratio. What transmission? And are you sure about the rear axle ratio?

A nice hydualic cam would be fine, a solid giving more power BUT I worry about finding a solid small enough to run through 3.08 gears. Comp has an XS line of solids which I cannot recommend, and Lunati will have a new line of small solids coming this fall. SOlids will ALWAYS make more pwoer and give you that gentle little 'clackity-clackity' sound. But they do require annual maintenance.

For the 'lope ' you want stick to a cam that has a Lobe Separation Angle ( LSA) of 110 or less. A 110 lsa will lope pretty heavy in a 327. 112 a bit less.

You will not need roller rockers if budget is limited. Good long slot rockers are fine. Roller tips are teats on a bullhog IMHO. Screw in studs are likely neccesary, and use Crane 'kool-nuts' or other type of posi-lock designed for stamped rockers if you do go solid.