Lets discuss another engine build

1pt. of compression is worth approx. 3% in power increase/decrease which is mostly felt on the mid to big end where the cam shafts power comes into play. If the ratio plays better with the camshaft, the difference will be noted ever so slightly via the butt dyno. It will show at the strip by a very small margin. Very small.

Your camshaft working in a sub 8.0-1 ratio will have a noted gain @ 9.0-1 - 9.5-1.
Going from 9.5-1 to 11-1 will cause octane issues but no real gain noted or worth the expense. Going from 9.5-1 to 8-1 or less will have a noted decrease in performance into a sluggish realm. By compare.

And this is why I come here! Proves I know nothing LOL.

Ok, so my engine prior to tearing it down was about 8.2 compression. Now if I understand you correctly, using my current cam (268) I should have a noticeable increase in performance if I bump my compression up to 9.0-9.5? Please correct me if Im wrong.

I figured since tearing it down I would bump the compression up and hoping to use my current cam for a slight performance gain. Again if any of you have other suggestions on what to use feel free to throw out what route you think I should go with it.