Old magnum MP cam info

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I've had this cam for a while now. Just getting around to using it. It was called the "r/t+10."
They also had a "regular" r/t cam available at same time. I'm thinking late 90s era.
Was a broken box special from a buddy that worked at the local dealer at the time, UPS brought it in all taped up. As I remember it was missing a couple of lifters but I have another whole set here anyway so not worried about that.

Does anybody have a cam card from back in the day? I remember the lift was .467/.482
Back in the day most called it "the sausage cam". What did they mean?
Mainly I'm questioning the angle it was ground on, I believe that towards the end of that cam being "an item" it was listed as being ground on a 119*.
I thought I saw somewhere that it was really supposed to say 109*. Anyone have anything on it? And what application it would be "good for"?
Especially as that I have a couple of magnum blocks sitting around, and I just went on a long ride today (CL wild goose chase) to pick up a mate to my one uncracked magnum head.
The guy ran into same issue I did long ago where I went thru a handful of sets of them and ended up with only one good head out of a few sets on hand. Fortunately it was cheap, I'm sure he spent more at the machine shop having it checked out than what I paid for it.
 
Please no criticism of stock magnum heads keep it to talk about the cam I asked about thanks
 
This is what I found, no idea if true.

"It's the RT+10 cam.

duration - 272/278

o-lap - 37

centerline - 119

lift - .467/.482

recom. spring - P5249464"
 
This is the first I've heard of it. @Bighead440 is really sharp with this stuff. Maybe he will chime in.
 
I seem to remember (mis remember?) that this cam is really 109* not 119, that "119" is really a misprint. Anyway to verify besides sending it to someone with a "cam doctor"?
Would this be a good cam for torque, in a heavy truck that is used as a heavy truck? (3/4-1 ton)
That hauls lumber from Menards or a load of dirt when needed or hauls a camper?
 
That's just what I remember being talked about when this came was a current production part.
I'm looking possibly using it in a magnum engine with a Hughes cam extender and mechanical fuel pump eccentric.
How would this cam be in a 3/4 ton truck that tows? Is there any way to verify what it's actual specs are without sending it to someone with a "cam doctor"? I don't know who I'd even send it to for that
 
Built a budget stock type 360 magnum rebuild a few years ago, but with a carb and air gap intake. Used that old "RT" cam, and the engine ran, and sounded dead stock. I thought it sucked personally, much better choices. I used it cause it sat on my shelf for probably 20 years.
 
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