Thanks, thats alot of great advice, exactly what I was looking for. This should deffinately help out, I appreciate it.

I'll probably get the heads back on the motor tomorrow, and start the pull process on the old motor. BTW - Computer Controlled Carburetor on the old one, mech. fuel pump.

On a side note:

When I was pulling the heads off of the new motor to inspect the cylinders, two of the rocker arm studs were stripped. Should I install new head studs all the way around? If so, how would I go about doing that?

I was considering retrofitting the heads with new studs and perhaps some roller rockers, is this a good idea? I am still rather naive to valvetrain work.

If i put in a hot cam, that means new valve springs, I dont know what pushrod length to use, or which rocker arms. I can do some searching for that though.