Don't understand cams

AJ/FormS said
post edited to be American friendly

Feel free to rag on me any time AJ LOL. All in fun.... Some clues fer ya: red neck, Appalachian, those round things on the car are 'tars'..... should be plenty of fodder there LOL

AJ/FormS said
And there is one other thing. A Hughes cam measured at .008 will appear to have a faster rate of lift from advertised to .050,than another manufacturers that is measured from .006 to .050,. And this kindof tics me.

Yes I have noticed this; makes it look fast on the ramps, or behave like a 'bigger' cam, like you say. On the other hand, some Cranes have advertised duration spec'd at .004" so the ramps look long, and you may get less .050" duration if you go by advertised only. And some of their lobe profiles for solids are measured at something much larger....like .010" or more IIRC.

You gotta look at it all.