I appreciate it buddy! Sounds like you went thru the ringer on that one, yea im pretty much turned away from the 509 cam. I definitely wanna be able to cruise in parades, ect. I'll give hughes and Howard's a call tomorrow,
do yourself a favor and call Ken at Oregon Cams. hughes or howards is just gonna try and sell you what they have* not what you need.
*in the case of hughes they may even take your money and just sit on it till they grind the cam for you at some unspecified time in the future, likely after the time frame for refund from your payment service.