W/r/t "big cam bleeding off cylinder pressure"
It does reduce CCP... all the way up to 3,000 RPM (more or less, depending on too many variables to list, but stops well before the torque peak).
After that, it increases cylinder pressure - that what it's for.
It doesn't always need 5 seconds to "build heat", the piston damage can occur in 1 second.
How True! Unless you have an unlimited supply of 'good' fuel to ALWAYS use you are playing with dynamite. You will never hear it detonate, the damage can occur in a blink of an eye. A big inch street motor with a sane compression ratio will make way more torque than you can stick to the ground. My 605 makes 750+ ftlbs at 3500 rpm.
