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If you plan to start the engine with a drill or RC starter go to 140 (280 crankshaft) degrees with a 110 degree lobe seperation
I make my camshafts out of O-1 drill rod and the lifters from 12L14. The lifters are the softer material and would wear before the camshaft. The camshafts are unhardened.