Cam degreeing help me understand!

Well, unless he comes up with a way to make the dial indicator centered at the same angle as the lifter bore, he may as well install it dot to dot.

No offense but where have you been, he figured it out this morning that the dot on the camshaft sprocket was marked one tooth off, making his timing 20° retarded as what it showed up on his tests.

He is ordering a new matched set timimg chain and gear set to remedy the problem. He jumped it over a tooth and everything read correct.