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I,m building a e body street /strip cuda. 470 lo deck stroker. When looking at cam selection they ask what stall convertor. When I look at convertors that ask about the cam/torque. So which would you select first to determine the other.

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You have to think of the whole package... so when
you are going to buy a cam you have to have in mind
what conv you plan on going with.. if you started from
scratch then most likely your gonna buy both at the
same time(or close).. so think ahead... but be realistic
since its a street car mainly

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I would think about what I was willing to drive on the street converter wise. Then order the cam based on that. Then when you have all the specs. for the cam and the rest of the motor combination give all that info to the converter company. I want the converter guy to have all the info so they can set it up where it needs to be.

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What I did on my last ride(street/strip) I tried to
set up the total package... what rpm will I want as
a max rpm.. so that takes the gear and tire and conv
slippage to figure that then base the cam on that
and the heads.. I came within 100 rpm but that was
due to the slippage I used was slightly high.. I
had a idea what I wanted for conv stall... when I
started that build I knew what I wanted for ET and
had a good idea what I could build the car to weight
wise..
so base on that calculated what HP was needed and
built on that idea.. it came out with a bit more HP
than I needed but I can slow it down if needed

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cam,converter then rearend gear.the cam determines the other 2

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You guys are thinking strictly track.. thats not
how I think about street/strip cars that mainly
spend their time on the street... but as usual this
is my opinion

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On a street car I look at my rear gear and tire height and then work backwards from there.

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Same here.. what can I live with for driving RPM

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I,m building a e body street /strip cuda. 470 lo deck stroker. When looking at cam selection they ask what stall convertor. When I look at convertors that ask about the cam/torque. So which would you select first to determine the other.

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I normally build the motor for the application and then dyno test it to see where peak torque and peak HP occur at which RPM, I'll send a copy of the dyno sheet to the converter company and tell them how I'm, or the customer, intends to use those parts in that car. I have found out that a really good 8 inch race converter works very well on the street also