cam degreeing needed?

Plenty of people just degree a cam in and think that's the best it will ever be.. that's a fallacy..

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Plenty more people never degree their cam in and wonder why the engine is a dog out of the hole and then spend more time pulling the front end of the engine back off to advance it 6-10* and realize if they'd done it right the first time, they wouldn't be wasting another Saturday afternoon and buying another set of timing cover gaskets, oil, and coolant...

The OP asked a loaded question to an audience knowing full well their likely responses...he was just rationalizing if it's OK to just slap it in dot to dot and roll. The simple answer is, yes, it likely is OK to do that, but if you're not impressed with the way it runs (plenty of people have complained of the same exact thing on these forums), and want to fix it, what's the first remedy reply? Degree it...

And your above exercise in hyperbole isn't helpful...if he doesn't have the money to buy the kit now, there are alternatives, just like moper said...or you could simply wait and do the swap when you have all the proper tools and parts...