I just checked my F298 from Patrick - it is 268 too (and 227@.050). so I agree, compare apples to apples. I think most of the "snotty" performance cams are about the same anyhow. I am going to use the F-298 in my next 261 with the lifters and pushrods he sent too. Patrick has always treated me right. My 235 runs like a top, so I took his advice on the 261. I wonder if this is a lot of cam for a 235, but on the other had, I wish I had guts to try it...