318 Cam Maybe Not

Browncar said
I was interested in that Howard's cam, they're fairly local. Might have to rethink my choice AGAIN it's only an extra 50$ to my budget, this is my practice engine so I need to be somewhat happy till I can afford to do a proper 360 or 383 build. I'm basically doing the frieburger/dulchic cougar build. I need a new oil pan so I figured I tear it out and ring it and port the heads a bit and see what happens

I got to thinking after reading through this thread, I have a half dozen cams I tested on my desktop dyno. I kept looking at the peak horsepower (usually at 5500 rpm). When was the last time I revved past 5500? We spend most of our time between idle and about 3000 rpm. I got in the charts and did some comparisons.