My 454 has had a recent rebuild, so I do not want to get into the guts of this thing, plus I cannot afford to. I figured, that since I have it out of the car, I might as well slide a new cam into it (as well as an oil pump and timing chain)

This melling cam doesn't look to be far off from the recommended cam by Edelbrock (which is the 2162). I may be missing key figures here though...

The Edel 2162 is listed as:
Duration at .006 Lift: Intake 292° Exhaust 302° Centerlines
Duration at .050 Lift: Intake 218° Exhaust 228° Lobe Separation: 114°
Lift at Cam: Intake .295 Exhaust .295 Intake Centerline: 109°
Lift at Valve: Intake .500 Exhaust .500
Timing at .050 Lift Open Close
Intake 0° ATDC 38° ABDC
Exhaust 53° BBDC 5° BTDC