cam degreeing needed?

crackedback said

Always degree to verify the cam is in where you want it.

If you are spending time and money to build or upgrade an engine, just one of the steps to insure things are at least where they are supposed to be. Mp says to install some cams at 106-108, I installed them at 98-102. Depends on what you want out of it.

Get a cam that's 6* retarded and a timing set that is another 8-10 retarded. Yep, that's a recipe for success!

The factories didn't give 2 craps about assembly and correctness. As long as it ran, they were good. 2 identical cars from the factory sometimes ran very different, wonder why? :)

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Why stop at 6 on the cam and 10 on the gear?? Why not make it even more dramatic and make it 20 on the cam and 50 on the gear... It's a Comp gear set and a Purple cam .. Not ProComp stuff Sheesh,,, some people... Try indexing a COMPLETE cam and then get back to me, you might be surprised at what you find..It can get real hard to degree that cam in when the lobes are all over the place...and if you think one smoger from the factory goes better than another smoger because it's timing is closer to ideal ( whatever that ideal may be, could be +6 , who knows?) then your playing with yourself.

The ideal method, is to install the cam (straight up) and then advance or retard it for optimum power levels.. Plenty of people just degree a cam in and think that's the best it will ever be.. that's a fallacy..

I'd just pop that little purple cam in there and go cruising..