Get your measured compression ratio. MEASURED, not guessed or that's what the factory said it was. For a list of measurements, Summit racing, search for pistons, click on whatever Chevy piston pops up first then scroll all the way down to compression calculator. Once you have that true number written down. Take said number and plug it into a dynamic compression calculator, wallace racing has a decent one.
Any cam that peaks your interest just plug the specs into the calculator/formula. A low dynamic compression will be lazy, less powerful, and temperamental. A smaller cam will result in a higher number and be better to drive, make more power on a regular type engine. But everyone wants the bigger cam and all the power. Using this will let you see how power will fall off with a "too big cam" and not enough engine under it.
Do not use this as a be all, end all. It is just a guideline, and a numerical way to see when cam gets "too big"
Believe me I'm a straight to the bottom of the page cam guy, but they don't always work.
Main thing is don't guess what you specs are and if you need to guess guess lower. Most factory stuff is off by quite a decent amount from all the NHRA blueprint minimums that get bounced around the internet like they are gospel, resulting in a engine that disappoints.
