The average 408...

when you say MD's cam hurt the DART/WCG [mine] combo,

i tacked MDs compmets on to your build one by one, without going back to your stuff.

The one item that showed a step back was his cam over yours - but I had already "fitted" his heads.

AS I said -

His heads showed a 20 HP imp all through the "upgrade"
His cam dragged the new combo back 6HP
then the SP added 20 HP,
then the open tube big headers added another X HP.

If you want to go faster - copy his heads, his pipes and his intake.