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Originally Posted by ponyakr

Since this is the street section, lets assume 9-9.5CR, with unported iron heads, 3600lb car, 3-speed auto, stock converter, 3.08-3.23 gears.

IMO,right off the bat that is bit of a mismatched combo.

That's simply because there's no valid reason to even push the CR to 9.0-9.5 for a mild "street" combo like that.

Stock converter and low numeric gears like that are gonna complicate the cam selection options somewhat.

Now lets say it's a 9.5:1 455 w/a 2500 converter and 3.42 gears and yeah your cam options tend to open up somewhat.

This is where cam selection becomes entirely subjective,hence why you'll never get the concensus you seek,as the devil is in the details as they say.

What cam I might choose myself is not always what I would recommend to someone else.

Without knowing who's car it is,and what they're goals are for the combo,this would largely be an excersize in hypothesizing,and that sorta thing is mostly a waste of time IMO.

The "one size fits all" paradigm for cam selection does't work well if you ask me.

It's strictly a case to case basis.

FWIW

Bret P.