What cam should I get?

The threoy is a higher lift cam will make more power cause the valves open faster. It will but I do not believe the cam will last as long. Cams wear, even if they do not go flat, the very tops points wear down alittle bit. I would not worry about 200 rpm's. As for 1600 rpm's-I have 3.91 gears and 1600 is gone by fast in 1st or 2nd.

To get the power band lower and still pull good to 5800 Comp has a soild 270 cam which has [email protected] on both intake and exhaust. You need adjustable rockers which the 273 motor had at first. Other wise get the HE 268 cam. Oh it saids starts at 1500 rpms but its much smaller than the XE 268 cam. Can not believe its a 100 rpms differance.

You can drive yourself nuts thinking and looking at all of them. They say when you are not sure go the smaller size. That cause how the motor runs and idles matters more that top end power--for a street motor.