318 low-rpm performance ........... for the NEWBE

Dale Davies said
For a mild build I might pick the XE262H. I like the lift number. The XE268H has been a good cam also and is not that lumpy in idle. Build the engine for 10:1 or 10.5:1 SCR and use DV's 128 formula to determine the LCA and conyrol the amount of overlap with how much duration you chose. Better with less duration, the correct LSA and fairly high lift. I like to see 0.500" lift for ported OEM heads. It depends on what lift the flow tops out at. For most '70's engines that is going to be about 0.500". Gen 3 LS and Gen 3 Hemis can take more.

I'm just trying to work in the frame of AJ's V/P requirements, personally I believe you could go xe262h/xe268h.

But he's so adamant that you can't go with a larger cam at all within his V/P index, so was looking for a solution that works within it, and basically right of the bat I found that you just need a cam like a comp xe250h but ground on a 107 lsa, which is what I thought would work in his system narrow the lsa on a small ish cam and your good, xe250h @ 50 & lift wise is similar to a 340 cam specs just short on advertising specs. The xe262h only need to be bumped up to 8.8 cr to be at stock level V/P which is like an average 10 hp at best, a loss of 10 hp difference ain't gonna turn the motor into a turd. Ultimately I believe in more average hp you can put to the ground even if it's built inefficiently is gonna make a faster car overall.