[Bobcat]

Patrick is pretty much on the money with his comments about the sideoiler cam as I currently have a 63 1/2 Galaxie 427 that I play with .... at least until my ERA comes in ( Chassis # 757 ..... I hope ) . From what I can find out , Ford offered three cams .... one that came in the car ( except that mine had a Holman and Moody grind in it ) , a street/strip cam and a strip cam only . The biggest lift I have seen published is .500" on Intake and Exhaust. In my info , they give duration as advertised instead of at 50 thou .
Patrick , your graph really intrigues me as I have not seen a cam`s specs plotted out like this before ... but it really illustrates the area under the lobes .... which is energy . The more area , generally , the better the cam performs . The cam grinders I know tell me the ideal cam opens and closes instantaneously and has a large area under the curve . Obviously , that can`t be done , but that is what they want to do .
I`m going with a hydraulic roller cam instead of the solid roller because of what you said .... life on the street . Solid rollers can have 300# + spring pressure open , which affects life . I have also had several cam grinders tell me that I would have to replace the solid rollers periodically . Therefore , the hydraulic roller cam . One thing I didn`t see in the cam specs is the closed and open spring pressures .