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Ha, reminds me of doing PDIs at honda around 2000 or so, my buddy and I would grab some identical 5 spd civics and go out of town and do some side by side power shifting clutch bedding lol
I rebuilt 6 or 7 GM engines before I touched my first Mopar block. I never had a cam go flat in those. In 2001 I helped a buddy with an LA 360, no issues with that but years later the cam lost a lobe.
I wiped two flat tappet cams in 2006, one in 2009, the last one in 2022. The smart guys I have...
I think it depends on the position that you're viewing the car too. Sometimes my car looks perfect (to me). Other times it looks slightly ungainly. Not many cars look perfect from every angle.
Think of a Superbird - looks unbelievable from some angles:
I suspect the engine/cam got the same attention to recommended break-in procedures that the brakes and clutch manufacturers also recommend for their products - NOT! I wonder how many clutches got a good burn in being loaded on the upper deck of truck transports.
Looking to see what the date codes are on the high pressure hose: 2537 981 106520 085438
Also looking to see what these codes mean, are they date codes?