AJ's Quest for the Funnest Street 360-4spd Combo;short version

Part 3, the 292*
With this cam, I ran the .020 headgaskets. Most of the pistons were running from plus .001 to .001 in the hole, so Squish was .019 to .021; pretty tight.The Scr calculated out to 11.0 I was gung-ho for compression, and willing to run meth-injection if it came to that.
This cam made plenty of power........at plenty of rpm.But below around 3600, I thought it was a bit sluggish. I moved the cam this way and that way, but in the end it was back in at 104*.So to combat the soft-start, I went to 3.91s. .....and then 4.88s........ and then 4.30s; which gave me a 11.44 starter-gear. Which I found acceptable. I finally caved-in and called it a bad street choice; and when the opportunity came up to sell it, I jumped.
So what did I learn?
Well firstly;4.30s suck on the street, and;4.30s suck worse on the hiway.
Secondly, the power didn't hit until after 4500, so up to 32mph, basically, I was slooow. This also sucked.
And thirdly,the powerband was from about 4800 to 6800. Great for a dragcar; not so much for a streeter.
Conclusion
For me, the 292 was just plain too big.