How to Pick Your own CamShaft better.

Cudafever said
I was surfing around YouTube today, and found this video
The most complete explanation i have seen in one video.

Two Warning: It a long Video and it gets kinda technical at the end. But for someone that hasn't done a bunch of research on the science of a camshaft.......and want to learn some. This Is For You.

Just seeing this post by you for the first time. This video has been up before. I've been mostly picking cams this way for ever. It also depends on the build and target.
I've been telling people to choose there duration on the RPM band the cam operates in & what there are using it in as well as to get as much lift as the head allows nearly forever. A quick ramp rate for a beastly build, otherwise, it nearly doesn't matter. It's such small potatoes.

After that, the general guide rule of C lines for the new guy;

112 and up, smooth idle. Early F.I. systems liked this.
110 = typical hot rod
108 = more serious street machine, for sure on a manual trans car
106 & lower = more a race car cam

If you want to science out a cam, knock yourself out. For general hot rodding and medium duty race cars, I don't bother going nuts 90% of the time.