8 3/4 gears
As an FYI Jim Dowell is NOT Racer Brown. His last name isn’t even Brown. Don “Racer” Brown was just that. A racer and a very good one.
Just because he has “racer” as a nickname doesn’t mean he didn’t grind streetable cams. One is irrelevant to the other.
If you told Jim the correct details of your build and your actual expectations you’ll get the right cam.
I have a hard time believing Jim is throwing out numbers when you haven’t nailed down your gearing and converter.