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Amen.
That's the biggest thing about "assembly line" engines. They just bolt them together.
I had a buddy that bought a new SS Camaro around 2000-2001. It was supposed to have been 320-330 hp if I remember correctly, but he routinely got his butt dusted by other SS and Z28 Camaros.
You take a bunch of engine parts, throw them together randomly, and sometimes you will get lucky....sometimes you won't. When you take time to degree the cam, make sure it's where it needs to be, make sure all the bearing clearances are right, make sure the quench is right, etc., etc., that's where the success comes from.
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