Cam degreeing help me understand!

Ok, there's no way in hell you can be on that OR stay on that straight through turning the engine. You need this, and you need to make a piston stop. Real easy. Piece of 2x4 the width of the deck. Bolt it on with two head bolts. Drill a hole in the middle and put a bolt and nut in it and tighten it down. Then bolt that on the deck.

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That may be my answer then. I will rig something up make a solid lifter or something.