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The point is it's the combo!

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I know from experience,not reading a magazine and false assumtions.

I am speaking from experience also - dating back into the mid sixties and forward to present.
You don't need a bunch of compression or a lot of $$$ in a 360 to make it work and work very well. Been there many times. A realtively stock LA360 can be made to pull real well and still be a very dependable daily driver without a bunch of high tech workings. A stock low compression engine and stock heads will work good along with good RV type cam with valve springs to go with it, intake and carb and good free flowing exhaust system will do wonders and not have to mortgage the farm to do it.