[olddog]

Well it sounds like the cam grinder is thinking along the same lines as me. Obviously you proved that wrong.

However you are going for way more power in the upper rpm range, where I would not go. I know you don't like to pull bellow 3500 or so. Have you ever played with trying to get a good street engine that pulls from about 2000 and peaks around 5500? The Cleveland is said to be gutless down low. I suspect the right cam would go a long way to making up for the over-sized intake port and still pull strong to at least 6000.