Thanks for the feedback and input guys.

I do not recognize the alias names, ie. I have no idea "who is who" in our hobby/business, although I bet some of you make a living helping guys like me either get out of a problem spot, or avoid one altogether.

Still, I can't help but feel like some of the feedback just seems gloomy and downward pessimistic, as in '...duh, buddy, don't be a shmuck, stick to what works...', LOL, seriously, sorry no looking to bite the hand that feeds, just being blunt.

Look, you're not replying to someones who's built 10 different motors, all different combos, etc, etc. I am a hobby guy, I try to learn from what I do and sometimes - yes - those changes will push the boundry of what I deem to be "stretching the limits of engineering". Not quite sure what makes that desire to learn a "sad argument" CompWedgeEngines??? Remember, my limits of engineering are within the weekend-driver framework...very, very different from those of you who race these things.

For what it's worth, when I made this switch the motor did seem to wake up. The throttle was more responsive, the overall butt-meter seemed to suggest it pulled better. That is in a 360 motor, 10.5:1 static CR, Hughes Engine HE3844AL hydraulic flat tappet cam, 108 LSA, 238/244@0.050", .535/.540 lift @ 1.5 and .571/.576 @ 1.6 ratio. There absolutely was a different sound to the motor, especially @ idle, which is weird because I did not expect this at all. Having had some past cam change experience I would actually compare this to something along the lines of going to a step hotter cam.

I thought it was interesting to see this difference.

Anyways, appreciate the feedback regardless, all your points are noted. I will go back to check the coil-bind per mr2performance's suggestion, I did verify I had room before installing the 1.6 rockers.