[olddog]

Your old engine must have purred as smooth as a kitty cat, with that mild cam. I expect most would have put more cam in the new engine. The new engines cam, in my mind, is the mildest I would put in a performance engine of that size. I certainly would have went a bit more on the lift. If the heads flow well, then it should be enough. If those heads are out of the box - not ported, the engine may be short a few pony's that it could of had, but at 502 cid in a ~2500 lb car, I doubt you will be lacking.

All of those random thoughts on the table, I would love to hear how it runs and performs. I find your engine choice most interesting.

My working theory is that the better the heads flow the less cam you need. Back in the day when all we had was factory cast iron heads, and few could afford to spend the time on a mill to attempt to port them, we ran ridiculous cams. Now good heads are everywhere.