Torque = Driveability ? (Engine Masters LSA shootout)

In a streeter;
Anytime you lose cylinder pressure, you will have to replace it with torque multiplication, so as not to be disappointed.
On the Street, you will only ever see absolute power one time, which is in first gear. By the top of second in a TorqueFlite with street gears , will get you to 80 or 90 mph pretty quick.
What I have always needed, is torque at 30/35 mph.
With street gears, that means either top of first or bottom of second. If the engine is down on cylinder pressure, it will be slow to respond and the zero to 60 is disappointing.
I really don't care about absolute power.
I just want the car to Jump, when I say go. which with 3.55s, is 3000 in Second or 4800 in first. If you don't have torque, you gotta go to first, and burn up the tires. Not really my style. Hammer down at 3000, chit better happen, and that takes torque, which takes cylinder pressure.

As a streeter, being on my third cam, I can tell you that ;
195psi is better than 180/185, which is better than 170 which is the absolute least I would run in my combo, and I'd be none too happy about it. I already know what I want in my next cam. I may be a slow learner, but I do in fact learn.