[theiceman]

not the housing .. the housing is fine with the other cam. I have the other housing assembled on the heads and wrapped up in plastic I will check it with this cam later ..

yes you are correct cgarr it is not on the motor . I did assemble the heads on to the cam housing so thinking thiis may have been an issue ( even though I used the correct torque sequence. ) I backed off the torque on the head - housing and checked again , exactly the same problem.
The cams did come back completely black and I was told it was some type of hardening they do. The cam guy is going to get back to me so we will see what he says.

good point on measuring the cam , I never thought of that. I might build some device so I can see if I have runout.

I have not put any lube or anything on it either to be fair as I was not sure what to expect as "normal"