just one more cam selection thread

Good analogy Rusty. You can reduce some numbers for the 318 crowd. "around 475 lift and 220° @ .050 duration. If you have a stock converter and 3.23 or lower gears, go smaller on the duration. The old designs worked with less lift and they worked pretty well.
And herein is the difference. If I was choosing something for a race car, I'd say lets see if we can find something to maximize the combination. With a street car, you have to find a happy medium. You need a good vacuum signal if you run power brakes or want good street manners. People just cannot get it through their head when 90% of folks ask "which cam" to run, they don't give two figs about "how much you know" and they're not lookin for a "cam education". Most of these threads leave the OP with more questions than answers.

"Around .500 lift and "around" 230 @.050 on an LSA between 108 (choppy idle) to 114 (smoother idle) on I don't give a darn whose lobes and it's GONNA run good. Go smaller on the duration for a smaller cube engine and lower RPM torque and higher on the duration for a larger engine and higher RPM torque.

These threads always end up about "look what I know" and never about helping the OP. Most of these guys don't give a **** what anybody knows. They just want a decent cam suggestion without pulling their hair out and most of you kickturds make it worse.