318 build problems & new direction

Thats the problem when people talk about torque and HP as two separate abilities.

Like I said torque is a single instance (one power stroke) and hp is all the power strokes added up over time (rpm).

So it sounds like 2 different functions.
But a running engine which is always doing revolutions per minute and making torque per revolution which is power an engine always and only makes power.
Power = torque x rpm those two never can be separated. And the power that we talk about is HP (hp= torque x rpm ÷ 5252).

I feel most people think torque does the work under 5252 rpm and hp takes over from there. But really since the hp curve is more like a staircase it's really hard to read what's going on down below peak hp.
So we look at the torque curve to get an idea cause it's more bell shaped. And it's not necessarily the numbers in the torque that's important it's the shape. Cause the more flatter the shape the more under the curve hp were making.

And since we know torque don't vary too much when they say build for low end torque (power) their talking between idle and 3000 where a street car is driven mostly. In a race car it don't matter if it makes low end power since it's geared and stalled to never go under the power band.

The way I see to build a street engine especially if your gonna under gear it.
Is to pick parts the will stretch the powerband far as possible without moving the low end to far off idle (depending on gears and stall how far you can go from idle)

If the one cam you picked was too big and the other too small it seems like in between would be the right choice or go back to the bigger one with Rhoads lifters.