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

When you lose a cam, you have to tear it completely apart, remove all galley plugs and CLEAN your *** off!
Then use new bearings, possibly new rings (if metal was on the bores, it will cause the moly to peel off the rings and you'll have issues later on)and most likely cam bearings.

This is why I stress to our customers to dyno the engine. That 550.00 is worth it in the long run. When you try to break the engine in while it's in the car, you can have other issues that prolong the startup and break in procedure allowing metal to transfer from lifter to lobe or vice versa.

It would be a good idea to check the spring pressure when you get the heads off. Also check lifter bores for less than perfect fit.
The engine needs to be started up timed very close to ideal and ran immediately to 2500 rpm. Then I adjust the timing to about 38 or so to keep ex. temps down and run it there for 20 min.
After that, I idle it down, reset timing where I want it and adjust the floats and idle of the carb.

Hope it goes better for you next time.
Brian

I agree 100%, my valve covers started to spew oil EVERYWHERE after 5 minutes on Brians Dyno. He shut it down and I cleaned up the mess while he went to get some diff valve covers....By the time he got back I had it cleaned up like new! I couldn't imagine trying to clean that up in the car $$ always well spent for the dyno time in my book for sure! I will always do the Dyno on every engine.

I rewired alot of my engine bay during the Build of the 410 also, luckily it was all correct and it fired right off at install. If something was screwed up and it didn't fire off right away without knowing that the engine was ok on the DYNO, it could have cost me tearing down the whole engine again if it wiped the cam out.............what a PITA!