Engine Newbie Deciding On A Cam

I'm gonna take some heat for this, but I'm not necessarily a big believer of jumping on the custom cam bandwagon at this level of the game. Of course they work, but they shouldn't make a drastic difference. IMO, if a person see's a huge difference in power and driveability going from their OTS cam, to a custom one, then it's probably because they picked the wrong OTS cam in the first place.

There are literally dozens, if not hundreds of OTS cam grinds available out there, from various manufactures to cover all the bases. I'm sure there are more than a couple out there that would fit the bill just as well as one of a "insert cam grinders name here" custom bump stick.

IMO, guys who shoot strait for the custom route and end up condemning others for not doing the same aren't necessarily telling me they made the better choice in most cases, but instead are telling me they were probably just too lazy to do the research themselves and would rather spend the additional money for someone else to do the thinking for them.