cam specs dont match when degreed

My only question and it's because I'm curious if I advance a cam from 106 to 103, wouldn't the exhaust go from 114 to 111?

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First off, 103 + 111 don’t equal 220, as 106 + 114 does.
That’s your first clue that you’re missing something obvious.

Rather than tell you, I’m going to let you think about it for a while.

Think about what those numbers are actually referring to/representing.
The 106 and the 114....... what do those numbers mean?

You could also invision the “v” made by the two centerlines on the degree wheel...... and what happens to either one....... when you move the other one.
Think of the V as a wedge thats the exact size/distance of the degrees between the intake & exhaust lobes, and that can be moved fore or aft on the degree wheel........ but the size of it can’t be changed.

Edit:
Well, after visualizing it....... it’s actually not going to be a wedge.
It’s all the area between the two lines that aren’t in the pie shaped wedge.

There is still a V shape made from two c/l’s on the wheel...... but that represents the area that’s not actually between the c/l’s.
It represents what’s left.

For the OP’s cam....... on the wheel....... there is going to be 220* between the 2 c/l’s(LSA x 2).
The wedge that’s left is the remaining 140*.