Looking at a Howards 254/260, too much eh? I can tolerate loosing some on the lower end. NOT a dedicated strip car, more of a get it out and play toy? '69 Coronet 3.23 most of the time (I have a complete 4.57 pig also)No fiberglass stuff so 3800-3900#. High stall 11" probably flashes ~3000 with the old Hemi cam (284 what's that 237*)

That old hydraulic had some lope but I think I would like just a bit more.
I have read many places a solid needs 10 more degrees than a hydraulic?

So looking at it that way, 240 solid would be a "smaller" cam than the old
284 hydraulic. I see you are making sense, but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, some people just need a hammer to the head to get it?

I looked at the Hughes cams, but they seem like a whole bunch of lift for the duration, especially with 1.6 rockers (measured a bit more than that)
Well thanks for the help, I will continue my quest.