With Strokers on the street (or like big automatic B/E bodies when you want to peak the power earlier with an abundance of Head) one of the "secrets" it seemed to take a number of others a while to figure out is to put a big intake lobe in Early to work the head harder sooner. A few years ago I remember reading about Tony Bischoff's 433" CHI headed Windsor that won the Engine Master Challenge...he made like 720hp all in by 6500rpm (best average torque and power from 2500-6500 wins) with real tight Lobe center cam in real early and big heads that flowed in the 380 range.....at that moment I smiled and said, [Email]D@mn![/Email] somebody else done figured it out!

With Mr P's combo all I'm saying is a wider spread and in a little later might benefit the light weight of the Rampage in terms of MPH...it probably doesn't need a ton of torque through the middle as badly as a typical/heavier A body bracket car.

a little OT but With strokers if you think about the mechanics of the stroke and the bigger hole you have to fill more air into in the same relative time (compared to a conventional stroke length). you can see that getting the valve higher sooner as the piston sweep past TDC for the intake stroke can help the fill while also closing it earlier can trap more effective displacement....for every degree past BDC the advantage of your big stroke diminishes....because you're giving back displacement at a faster rate per degree of crank rotation.