I still stand by my oil theory, too many of these are rebuilt with out any thought to cam material or lifter material. I full agree if you can get the correct parts you should use them, but cost would have to come into play along with quality of parts.
You must use break-in oil or an additive with modern oils, and you must follow the correct procedure if you expect any cam to live. If you plan on letting the engine set over night after installing the cam, use a paste type cam grease. The link above somewhere has the liquid type, which is really good stuff, but it will run off over night and most all of it ends up in the oil pan. The grease type will stay. Once cam and lifters are installed, only rotate the engine a minimum number of turns to adjust the lifters. It only takes one full cam rotation to wipe the grease off. Leave the oil pan off if all possible so you can apply more grease before buttoning up the engine. Do not crank engine to build oil pressure, use a primer shaft to spin the oil pump, again due to cleaning the lobes off.
Best of luck to you.
Joe
