My Jones Cam Recommendation

Yep. The cam guys know all this and yet and still they don't do anything to correct it because God forbid, someone might try and copy what they are doing.

No wait!! It's already going on.

The big deal, for me in calling a cam grinder I trust I because if I get along better with guy A over guy B or C and we are on the same page, you get a cam that is actually what you need/want.

There is nothing wrong with Comp lobes. Hell, I know Comp has lobes that no one else has. And I'd bet Brookshire had lobes no one else did. And so on.

The difference is what intake lobe are they going to use with what exhaust lobe? And when they pick the lobes, where are the going to set the timing?

One cam guy may have his lobes and his timing and another his own ideas. And they may not even look like the same numbers and likely they are not.

But the results from the best of one cam grinder to the others may be 10-15 HP difference between 4-5 different grinders.

Does that 10-15 HP translate into HP on the dyno? And if so, does it translate to lower ET's in the car? It depends. On the chassis and the chassis tuner and the engine tuner. Some guys can find 50 HP and the car never goes quicker because the chassis is a freaking paper clip and it eats up every single HP over the maximum it can handle.

In a street/strip deal, there may be even less power difference than 10-15 HP, but the nebulous monster known as "driveability" will raise its ugly head and eat you up.

Two cams that make close to the same HP on the dyno may be two totally different animals to drive on the street!

Unless you are very proficient in selecting lobes, and calling out the timing, you're always better off to call someone and get their advice.