If you want to hammer on it with no worries of what happens to the engine, go with more displacement. I have a 406 small block with AFR's, super victor, and a hydraulic flat tappet in my 67 Camaro and the torque makes the car so much fun to drive! Plus no adjusting valves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C89dVVMKaLw&t=507s This is one of my favorite videos from years past of a build NRE did and it inspired me to go larger displacement on my Camaro.