ok ive got a mostly stock 350 a few mods not to much to the motor right i would like to get a slightly mild to mid range cam jsut to wake up a couple of those sleeping horses ya know what i mean ... its an 89 formula 350 can some one point in the right direction also can someone explain the lift numbers and such ... thanks for your time

www.compcams.com

They have alot of useful info there, and their since their catalog 'suggests' certain cams for differing levels of engine hotness, you can browse the catlog a bit and see what works with something similar to what you have.

If you really want to know about it all get a book called

" Hot to build and modify Chevrolet small block V-8 Camshafts and valvetrains" --- by David Visard

heres a brief course on cams to get you up to speed on the concepts

http://www.oregoncamshaft.com/cam-basics.html

http://www.symuli.com/vw/camp1.html

http://www.symuli.com/vw/camp2.html

http://www.auto-ware.com/combust_bytes/camspecs.html

http://www.rpmoutlet.com/camfac.htm

http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/techarticles/95298/

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/43418/index3.html

http://hotrod.com/techarticles/113_0209_cam/

http://hotrod.com/techarticles/113_9811_cam/

http://hotrod.com/techarticles/113_9804_cam/

http://www.ridgenet.net/~biesiade/camdegree.htm

http://www.mousemotor.com/cb_1.htm

whats the diffrence between the magnum Xtreme and drag cam .. im not understanding witch one i would need can someone please point me in the right direction ive started to read the materail but that only gose so fare ... thanks