This discussion is ignoring that Goody is trying to diagnose a severe engine operating malfunction; falling on its face at 4000.

In order to rule out a timing chain problem he installed a new chain, dot-to-dot, and the problem remained.

As Goody stated, statistically, this ruled out the timing chain. Do some of you not understand this??? If so, you need to enter the 21st century.

Degreeing a cam is important for many reasons. It was not necessary in order to advance (pun intended) Goody's quest for solving this engine's issue.