The cam is there to take advantage of the heads to maximize,realize and expliot their power potential.
Same everything else, engine with the better grind wins. It's all relative.
I like the old MP cams, all solids .490, .528, .557 , .590...all great.
Then the grinder changed or the stock and they started going to ****, like MP, comp, some crane as well, plus crane liked to call for a little higher than others pressure. Hughes is what got me, never seen a cam go flat so fast.
Never even drove it, in fact a leaking intake gasket lead me to it where no.7 was just starting to flat near full lift.
Point of this thread from reading into the opening post is 'gamble if you can afford it, always appreciate the lesson, but know the rules and bend them at your own risk.'
Fast rate flat cams better have the right spring pressures and use the right oil.
All conventional grinds can play around some with pressures, though higher you go so better the rpm and then the oil quality is my thinking...in other words run as little spring as you can get away with=the recommended, then realize that the higher pressures mean higher rpms, as in you can't let them idle low like a street car and they aren't endurance pieces in the first place.lol
Aint learning fun...
NAILED IT!!!!! Nice interpretation ,of my mild rant....The cam is there to take advantage of the heads to maximize,realize and expliot their power potential.
Same everything else, engine with the better grind wins. It's all relative.
I like the old MP cams, all solids .490, .528, .557 , .590...all great.
Then the grinder changed or the stock and they started going to ****, like MP, comp, some crane as well, plus crane liked to call for a little higher than others pressure. Hughes is what got me, never seen a cam go flat so fast.
Never even drove it, in fact a leaking intake gasket lead me to it where no.7 was just starting to flat near full lift.
Point of this thread from reading into the opening post is 'gamble if you can afford it, always appreciate the lesson, but know the rules and bend them at your own risk.'
Fast rate flat cams better have the right spring pressures and use the right oil.
All conventional grinds can play around some with pressures, though higher you go so better the rpm and then the oil quality is my thinking...in other words run as little spring as you can get away with=the recommended, then realize that the higher pressures mean higher rpms, as in you can't let them idle low like a street car and they aren't endurance pieces in the first place.lol
Aint learning fun...