ANYONE RUNNING A COMP CAM XE262 IN A 340?

That's above my pay grade. A local friend suggested doing this to get a later intake closing event (unfortunately, probably a later intake opening event as well) to bleed off some of the dynamic compression. I'm affraid that I am not well versed in cam science, although I do enjoy reading cam threads.

If you want to center the overlap triangle you would install that cam on a 109 Intake Center Line.

Thats not what I call retarding a cam. Thats what I call installing the cam straight up so it’s not retarded.

A 110 or later ICL would be retarding the cam.