10 people with 10 answers! Man aint that the truth.
I agnonzied over the decisions for my motor, gut wrenching and risky. Exciting and fun as well. The "what if's" seemed to have no end. Ordering those $800 custom NO RETURJN pistons was the hardest part. "What if" I measured something wrong? I got GREAT advice from Keith as well as Gessford and members of the forum, in the end YOU have to make the final call.
I wanted to a highway "cruiser" (on pump gas) so the cam profile and compression ratio was driven more by my final gear ratio than anything else. And thats an important point, you gotta design your motor for what you want it to do. It's a series of trade off's all the way.