360 cam choice

This is a great question and should be a danm sticky since it is a frequent question.

The way I look/think/choose a cam is dependent alot of what exactly I'm doing with the car, it's intended purpose. We all know (Or should remember) the 3 keys to a decently performing engine. The 3 C's. Cam, Compresion, carb size. (The 4th "C" is converter) and they have to work with the cars (Converter) weight, gear ratio and performance arena.

To much or not enuff of one of the C's will lead to a less than stella performer.

I have run a zero deck 360 a few times before. I like this set up alot for a street, street/strip performer alot.

What I do is start with the intended performance. In this case, it seems your looking for a really nice street light warrior. Being limited by the heads and it's ratio of 10-1. (Ruffly, close enuff for this dicussion, rounding it off is acceptable)

Next, look at the cams duration. The duration will dictate the RPM range of it's operation.
Then lift. For a general rule, for the street, not track, I run as much lift as the head can handle. In otherwords, if the heads ports flow well up to .500 lift, I keep lift right at about .500 and not much more. The head flow stalls after that point, theres little reason to continue lifting the valve passed this point.
While some will argue, remember gang, this is only a street engine and going balls out max is not required or needed.

Then the cams centerline. 110 is the most common centerline and works well, though a hot 360 can go to 108 for the street.