This is all I was trying to confirm. I was thinking the cam card was saying the cam should be installed at the recommended ICL but if you install is dot to dot your gonna be real close to you LSA, no advance...
No, you're not understanding at all. You're wanting to hear "put it in dot to dot" and we're telling you the exact opposite. Here's why.
Timing sets and camshafts are "supposed" to be cut to match up. Remember that "perfect world" I spoke of? They never are the same. That's why it's so important to put the wheel on it and degree it. I've had one retarded 11 degrees before degreeing it years ago. I wheeled it about ten times to assure it was right and it was. How do you think that would run? Like crap.
If you degree it, it may be right, but the chances of that are slim to none. You go ahead and do what you want. I hope it works out. If all you wanted was a bunch of yes men, you're in the wrong place. We tell people the truth and try to help them make right decisions.