man glenn you wrote a book there buddy yep your right . he should drink a cold one think about it then just call me up and i send you a fresh 454 or 489or 496 that i have in stock with cam in it. i could never under stand why guys did cam jobs in cars it a back buster when my back was good its a pain in the ass . my buddy use to call me to degree the cam in his mid year vette he swap cams like some change socks . pull the engine put on a engine stand should only take a hour to get it ready to pull alot easer to clean up the engine and work on when on a engine stand