Anyone have experience installing Hughes cams?

That cam actually does have a generous amount of overlap.
Hughes FT cams are usually rated at .008 tappet rise, and seem to have acceleration ramps totaling about 46*
from .050 to advertized, but it's hard to say with a solid, on account of the lash takes some of that away.
So by guessing;
I'd guess the advertized specs on that cam might be 256/252/109 and from that, the overlap would be 36*. That is quite a bit. But to get all of it, the install would have to be 116*.... which would generate an Ica of 58*, a pretty late closing intake, so you would need a lot of cylinder pressure for that to not get real soft off the line.
By advancing that cam to the spec of 104*, the Effective overlap shrinks to 24*, and the Intake closes much earlier (52*) to maintain some cylinder pressure. That's the way those cams work.
And they have to be like that to have enough powerband to work with the wide-ratio transmissions that are run behind them, and/or stock type Convertors.

If you had a close-ratio 5-speed M/T, or a 2800 stall TC/904, in that thing with a higher Scr say like 9.5,
THEN, you could reset the timing of that same cam to split the overlap which is 116* installed, and get the max effective overlap. But IMO, that cam would then be the wrong cam for the new combo.
All in all, for a stock compression engine, what you now have is pretty good.

I don't know what you mean by "effective" over lap. Over lap is ground into the cam, It is not adjustable. They are not giving the adv duration and at what lift it is measured. I would like to see the lobe graph.

Thank you for the excellent, detailed response. Overall I’m happy enough with the results. On a positive note the car did not lose any drivability and with the 3.55’s and 833 it’s a very fun car to zip around in. I’m sure most of us have chosen “too much cam” at some point in the past resulting in great sound but the car actually got lazy and slower. Yes I know there’s no such thing as ‘too much cam, just not enough motor’... lol.
This whole exercise was to make the car neat, interesting and fun without dumping a ton of money into a slant when a 273 conversion would cost about the same. We’ve all been into that rabbit hole of “while it’s apart, mind as well also do this, etc”
All of a sudden I’d have $4,000 into a slant that might make a staggering (maybe) 275hp. Doing the cam, duel intake and gears set me back about $1k total and I think I got a lot of return on that investment.

As far as “effective” overlap, I know what he means. Yes, the overlap is ground into the cam but the overlap period is effected by when it occurs (where it’s aligned during installation) during the pistons movement. Moving the installed centerline around will change how much suck, blow, or dead dwell time that overlap period of the cam will see.
(Pardon my French, lol)