Any of those heads will work fine.
try to keep the gross duration at or below 260 degrees. The Howard M4F or one of Langdons Bulldog cams would be what most people use. What you use for a tranny and rearend gear will be a factory in how well one cam works compared to another. You have to consider the whole package not just one thing...
.060 would be the max to take off a head. Be sure to shim the rocker shaft stands the same amount. Recessing the intake valves may be necessary depending on the amount of lift you are running. Try to keep about .090 daylight between the two.
You will not be able to take enough off of the head or block to build up enough static compression to not be able to run on pump gas.
Nobody makes new rod bolts that I'm aware of, but I believe some people have taken rod bolts from a Ford 351 and made them work. (ARP)
