Stroker specific cams?

DrEamer said

You know honestly that is closer to the driving I will do. Living in Oregon means going over either the Coast or Cascade Ranges with a lot of corners and hill sections While cam selection important to torque production, the one thing 408's are known for is a wide torque curve. The cam only dictates where it occurs at most. Also, I'm not sure having the torque coming on higher in the RPM range is a bad thing, as a lot of torque down low can lead just blowing off the tires. I could be wrong on that though.

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There you go.....you are thinking right. On dirt and gravel and pavement, you can often 'modulate' the steering with torque changes, and you want some excess torque to be able to modulate around that point. In highway driving you are not under the same time pressure to want to avoid a gear shift if you fall out of the excess torque RPM range. It gets more critical if you are racing, especially on the hairy edge. I could go on ad nauseum upon the subject, but you obviously get it and can make the trade off.