Need help, advice with my 318 build

Dartboy52 said
Wow, ok. Bit harsh there, I never thought installing a 4 degree advanced cam in a straight up position would get a "never in a million years" or "That's the stupidest thing I ever heard" response. I have read you can usually go 4 degree off the cam card either way for tuning. And that 4 degrees advanced is usually the sweet spot, so it is usually best to degree to the card.

I agree that the OP should pick another cam preferably something with a wider LSA, but they posted that they wanted to keep that cam, trying to give suggestions. If I was way out of line I apologize.

No. I didn't say you were stupid. Just the idea of retarding a camshaft to reduce DCR. If that's the case, simply choose a "smaller" camshaft.

This is exactly why I recommended the camshaft that I did. It can be installed probably down around 100* ICL and will get the best of both worlds. That cam is plenty big enough to pull like gangbusters on the top end and advancing it more than the suggested 4* will bring back the low end torque.

But of course, as usual, my recommendation fell on deaf ears. That's cool too.