318 Port match heads to Performer RPM Intake

Mike Jones 2011
If you have two cams that open and close at the same exact spots, and have the same max lift, the one with more area may not make any more power down low,
but will make more top-end power, and hold it longer.
The one with less area, will normally be down on power everywhere.
There are some cases where more area doesn't help, but that's not the norm.

"Adding area, without adding duration changes the RPM band very little in most cases,
and just increases the power in that power band."

You will find that if you up the .200 duration at the same seat you will approximate the power of a longer seat cam, you just have to dig up the data

So what I try and do is maximize the area for the rev range chosen
Maximize the area for the duration chosen
Maximize the area for the compression ratio extant - what Aj talks about
now if someone wants to give up a little low end to get some more top end FINE
but get the gears and converter to go with it or bite the bullet and up the compression
or live with low end loss works ok with a freeway flyer not so much with a daily driver
you can push the duration up into trailer bracket racing range- but keep as much what is not low end- it's now mid range- as possible