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Agreed; This is why I advised him to go another direction.
Unless you have made an huge error somewhere, things can't "stack up wrong" and will be discovered in the normal assembly process W/O the need of 'offset keys', multi sloted gears or degree wheels.
This "degree business" didn't come about until super high lift cams were being developed for high rev experimental drag engines. Only in that 'world' is it a requirement.
