1966-300
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Getting down to the short strokes. My 383 is almost done being rebuilt. Getting ready to button it up and have another questions. What are the thoughts on setting degree of CAM? I am installing a Comp Cam that is just a very little more agressive than the stock cam. I did not want any extreme idle etc more to stock. But a mechanic buddy of mine had been talking to another gear head and he had asked if we were going to put and additional degree of cam in. What does that mean? I currently have the cam and crank set up so the alignment marks are dead on and am just curious about degree of Cam, what it means, benefits, downside etc? As I said I am keeping it pretty much stock so I do not want to buy a problem.