Eric's cam challenge
.050 number tells you nothing about the cam, it's only used for degreeing.
Well, let's play it this way, if You have 2 cams both aggressive enough, it'll be likely they are using .015" lift as the adv. duration checking points...which they would list as such. At that point, the duration @.050", .200" & the corresponding lifts will tell You if one of them has a faster rate of lift & more aggressive overall lift profile, which doesn't mean it's better automatically. Mopar's Shepard & Co., made sure to point out that, even tho' there were more aggressive ramps, they determined that the "smoother" profiles they settled on for most of the PSs would rev higher because the valvetrain remained more stable w/o excessive spring loads. As We know, if You use hotter ramps with enough control, the curve is bigger & fatter even if it comes up a tick short on revs....that's when You go super lightweight on the components.
The questions become, do You need the rpms because of class limitations..lift-rule etc., is this a 24hr endurance car, a NAPCAR short track/superspeedway, etc......or just Your Superbadasslookatmytimeslipsstreetkillerthatonlyrunslongenoughforyoutogetalookatit, or do You actually do a PowerTour & drive the balls off of it..........