Another dumb question----

It may or may not have that 4* ground into it. That is proprietary information and usually cam companies will not divulge it. "Most" cam grinders do grind "some amount" of advance in, but not all and not 4* every single time. That's why it is imperative to degree the camshaft in.

With tolerances in machining from one camshaft and timing set to another, there's no guarantee that even if it is ground with 4* advance, putting it "dot to dot" will be in the right place.

Degree it. That's the only correct answer.
Right, I will do that. My takeaway here is that cam will give best performance at it's design point of 4 degrees advance per the card? (I am particularly anxious to use my new 11" degree wheel and steel crank drive socket:-)) I have the dial indicators and the rest of the items needed here.