Jon and Jerry have put the head of the nail directly on the center of the hammer face. Back in the muscle car era we "cured" many an ill running car by going to a shorter cam and a smaller carburetor. Our roundy track super modified was known as the one to beat and it was running a 288 Crane roller while most others were over 300 with the 305 Lunati being the top choice. The long cam cars were faster at the end of the straightaway BUT the flagman is exactly half way down the front straightaway so guess who got there first. Buzzing a long cam deep geared ride was acceptable with 30 cent gas in the sixties but kind of silly now.
