You can check out the cams with just a degree wheel and dial indicator with an inch of travel. Checking TOTAL duration and TOTAL lift is quick and easy. On short duration cams where first movement of the indicator is easy to see it is a fair ballpark comparison. Put the cam in "V" blocks and fasten a degree wheel to the cam. Rig up a pointer for the degree wheel. With the indicator on an intake lobe rotate through 360 degrees and note where the the needle on the indicator starts and stops moving on the degree wheel. Same on exhaust lobe. Also note the maximum lift shone on the indicator. Then do other cam and compare. Probably both are very close. Now to "spec out" a cam we're talking a whole new ball game which is not quick. This gives opening times, closing times, overlap, center line, etc.

Evan