360 build info

Once you have all the above numbers to plug into a calculater, the calc will give you back the ratio. And yes, static compresion.

Again you ask for advice on direction and cam without giving me a clue to what it is you want to do.

"As much useable power to 6000 rpm's" is still unclear. Part of the reason, beside opinions being so varried, is what you want to do with the car. AKA;

Daily driver
Street strip
Strip only

Tell me about the car. Trans type and rear end gears, weight and any reduction in it if done.

My thoughts on cam's and how to choose them are simple. First, they should work as part of the combo of the car, AKA, gear ratio, stall converter if need be, cars weight and RPM band you'll be driving in.

Secondly, the cam should be matched with a intake capable of the task at hand and the heads should be preped accordingly.

3rd. Now that the above is in your head, or should be, a plan, choose a cam with the duration matching the driving RPM range. Then, with knowledge of how the heads are in terms of flow, get the cam with as much lift as the heads flow or as close as possible without exceeding the heads abilty to flow that amount of lift.

In otherwords, if the flow of the heads stall (Decrease) at .550 lift, for most applications, there is really no point in getting a cam that lifts the valve to .570.

A 110 centerline is the basic set up cam manufactures set a cam up with and it works well on 340 - 360 engines. A 108 is also OK to use.