more confused than ever (degreeing a cam)

Volaredon,
You started this thread by saying you were confused.....
30+ replies later, are you even more confused.....
I hope you read my post, #14. About why it isn't necessary to degree the cam for your engine.

Some good advice from Harvey Crane [ Crane cams ]. A change in ICL [ or ECL ] should be a minimum of 4* if you want the butt-meter to feel it.

So drilling out cam sprockets to fit offset dowels because the ICL is 1* degree out...will not make a difference you will feel. And that is because there is no guarantee that the ICL on the cam card will be best for your combo.