time to fire big block.

ALL carbs need vacuum to operate [ post #5 ].

Because of the large lash & wide LSA, that cam in a 440 should idle reasonably well with some lope. Crane normally ground 5* of advance into their cams, so if the machining is correct, the ICL would be 107*. If you want to do a rough check on the cam timing, get either #1 or #6 cyls on overlap at TDC [ exh closing/int opening ]. The intake lifter should be 0.005-0.020" higher than the exh.
Set the lash cold. I never found a worthwhile difference between hot & cold lash on all iron big blocks.