Cam wiped out, what the hell did I do wrong?!?!?

W2, there is very little oil bleeding out of the galleys if things are in spec, and the oil from the valley typically flows around the lifter bores, not over them. Much more oil comes from splash off the crank than you are giving credit for. That's the real source of oil for the lifter faces when there are no EDM holes in the lifter face. As far as idle speeds, I know of many racers that keep the idles between 1200 and 1500 just because of the cam and they limit the idle time. I dont know any that go higher but there probably are some. IMO, a race car can idle wherever but for a street car I don't go above 900 and normally they are 750-850rpm so those ultra-fast lobes just aren't worth it to me.