408 Stroker

Not that I’m knocking your choice of approximate cam duration, but as you said, it is really all relative. Your cam is a 6 degree increase, which is small. Often considered one step up in size. I’d also say the same on lift only against the heads best flowing lift. While you don’t have to lift the valve that high to actually make power, if you can the valve lift up there to take advantage of the higher flow ability of the head, there’s some more power there. The difference between a mid .400 lift or a .550 lift is good. If you can push it a tad with a rocker ratio, even better, and better yet, a little more duration at the higher lift starts to really move some air and make some more power.
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I would agree and it's all in what a guy wants and there are many, many combos for different tastes. Looking at the specs of the above cam the intake @.050 is 224.6 and the smallest duration I would use with a 4.0 stroke and trickflows is 236ish so we are talking about an additional 12 degrees of duration. In addition the added duration (specially a solid roller) would add a bunch of lift and help with the losses through the geometry.