Wow man you resurrected an old thread!! Read all the above posts and you'll find your answer. It's not normal to be 7 degrees off at all. If you have another timing chain set I'd try it and see how it comes out with it. I've seen more variance in chain sets than cams. If a different chain set shows the same I'd guess the cam is ground wrong. It's probably ground on a 110 centerline. Maybe they forgot to add in the advance. That would make me wonder if the rest of the cam is right.