As far as degreeing the 2802 a simple check to make sure the intake is opening a few degrees BTDC @ .050" tappet lift would be close enough. Any time I've used a 2801 or 2802 cam in any of these builds I just install them "dot to dot" with a stock type Morse 3/4" wide tming set and do a quick intake open point @ .050" check and move on to something else. I will admit that I've only used a few of those cams in Pontiac builds and prefer them to the stock 068 and 744 cams because they establish a greater overall lift average and work very well in "mild" 400 builds. For the "max-effort" stuff neither one of those cams are on my list for any of these engines.
Anyhow, it appears that you have issues with the cam card but going from memory the intake opens a few degrees BTDC @ .050" tappet lift so 3 degrees BTDC at .050" would be more accurate than at .005".......IMHO.....
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