I degree'd mine, even though I did it the wrong way... I assumed the lobes were symetrical which they are not, so going .050" before and after max lift is NOT the way to do it... I have NOT re-checked it though either. You know the saying, don't mess with what isn't broken.
Mike, dude you might be leaving a lot of the table without degreeing that cam. My dad didn't degree his FTI cam right and when we did he went from 109-110mph to 113-115mph... on the dyno he actially lost 10 peak HP, but it picked up all under the curve.
The beauty of the ebrock/afr/fti combo like mine is that you don't have to rev it over 6000rpms to get a 3700lb car down the 1/4 in 12.3 at 111 and still get 20mpg with 4.10's, and there is NO cam "hickup" when I let the revs drop. Nail my car at 1500 and it just starts going with no "herky jerky". It seems its uncool now to run my setup, but for as MILD and street oriented as it is, its hard to beat. Will you go faster with larger/racier parts... I sure as hell hope so, especially in a lighter car. Its all about the combo and for as streetable (not that a 6500rpm shift point 302 isn't, its just not AS streetable) as mine is and how relatively small all my parts are I couldn't ask for anything more. My dad's 91GT is a 6500rpm shiftpoint car and given the choice between his and mine, I'd take my combo ANYDAY of the week over his, mine is just much easier to drive and it doesn't lack the low end balls like my dad's does. My dad's car is faster than mine (11.95 at 115mph) but I'd still rather have my combo for a STREET CAR. If I was building a car that spent more time at the track than the street, like my dad's, then I would have built something like a high rpm NA 302. Nate, I wish you all the luck, I just hope people didn't steer you wrong in what you will end up with. I've had the liberty of drivng/riding in many H/C/I 302's and I can assure you that they all don't act and feel the same and there is a tradeoff for those high rpm combos. They "should" run quicker numbers, but on the street they just are not as much "fun" and "liveable" at least not to me, but its all in what you want. TMOSS and I have the smae feelings on this and its something you don't know until you experience both types of combos. Although my numbers are impressive, you truely need to drive my car and see how "stock like" it is... once you do THAT is the most impressive part. I'm not saying this to put down your combo, I just want you to be aware of this. There is a reason we all don't drive high RPM NA 302's, if it was all good we'd all be doing it, I mean who doesn't want to go faster!?!? Best of luck to you... DEFINTELY degree that cam per Jay's specs!