I had a solid roller that 'came on the cam' at 3000 and higher, up to 7000 or better. Pretty radical. With my high gears (CLOSE ratio top loader and 3:31 rear) it was just hell getting around town. If traffic slowed on the freeway to much below 60 mph I would run THIRD gear.
Bear in mind Hawaii is not a 'fast' state. Our maximum speed limit is 65 mph on H1 only for a SHORT distance (several miles). Other wise it's 55 mph. It's pretty rare to find folks driving 75 or 80 (if it's a red car, that might be me, in third, winding it up).
New cam is flat tappet (those darn solid rollers break you know) and is Comp Cams 292S. Comes on around 2000, tops out about 6200. The combo works really well for me, nice lumpy idle, good power, even decent gas mileage. Up from 6 to 10 mpg.
IF I could get a trans ratio similiar to a WIDE ratio top loader AND .8 (eight) OD, that would be perfect!