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Always degree any new cam.
And don’t just check ICL and call it good- like a lot of “experts” recommend is the most accurate.
That’s just BS- and verifies next to nothing.
You need to check & verify all the timing events on the cam card.

Case & point:
Just 2 weeks ago, I degreed a new Comp Cam for a new 469” Pontiac build.
Right off the bat, I found the individual valve timing events were all over the place- each varying from 6-13 degrees retarded.
The ICL when checked- came in 4 degrees retarded (installed dot-to-dot):

-If someone didn’t know any better, and just installed the cam “dot-to-dot”…
-If someone went one step further and thought degreeing the cam meant just verifying/correcting the ICL…

Fortunately, instead- this incorrectly ground cam with the funky lobes- was immediately removed, and sent back to the mfg.
The replacement cam was received & installed- and that grind when degreed came in perfect on the numbers- timing event numbers and ICL verified- installed “dot-to-dot”.

Worthy of note here, as mentioned & related to topic- this is the first Comp Cam of the last 4 engines I have built in the last 2 years- that actually came in on the numbers when installed “dot-to-dot”.
The last 3 required 2-4 degrees advance of the crank sprocket timing gear to come in.
I use Rollmaster Timing Sets.