Help With The Right Cam Selection

Experience plays big part in cam selection. What one feels is easily streetable, another guy will say it sucks, won't idle in traffic, pulls at stoplights etc. The lighter the car, the more gear, converter and compression the engine has, the bigger the cam you can run. Don't forget about running power brakes too. You'll need 12" hg in gear (on an auto trans) at idle to run power brakes without a vacuum accumulator or electric vacuum pump. Some will say you only need 10" but that's a stretch and we are talking brakes here.

I agree with Moper. Don't go with a cam based on sound but go with a cam based on your combination. Too big of a cam will be miserable on the street.