Cam Specs.....where will the power be?

RustyRatRod said

Of course they recommend something. You think they're there to give you free advice? This is why I like forums. While you might have to sift through some answers, it's FREE.

Let me pose a question. Knowing how many years experience you're pulling from here for FREE, do you honestly think a cam vendor's recommendations are gonna net you anymore power?

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My intent wasn't to squeak more power out, but for validation that it was a correct suggestion for my application. I have read "wise men seek wise counsel". My original assumption was that the cam was actually going to give me too much HP on the high end and not enough torque on the low end.

It don't matter to me what the specs of the cam are, or what my hp/tq numbers end up so long as the truck performs satisfactory. Trepidation with proceeding sets for me when you encounter varying ideologies of what's best where the variances are quite notable.

Surely I don't want to leave power on the table by going too conservative but I just don't have enough experience to know where that line is.

My method on any information I receive from someone that does not have a vested interest in my build, but seems to genuinely want to help is, trust, but verify their suggestion.

I think a lot of the suggestions from the Cam Techs are probably fine, as I can't imagine them having any benefit to suggesting something that wouldn't work well.