Had a painful realization today.
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The gist of this is that crower reground these based off of lobe center rather than static or true zero or whatever you want to call it, even after I told them that these install static and cannot be timed. This would certainly explain my massive drop in compression and struggle to make power even with all the timing in it.
Next time I have the chance, I'll probably pull the valve cover and lock the crank at TDC, then check to see where the cams are. Unlikely that I'll be happy with the results.
Fuck crower, the cunts.