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Looks like my estimate was right. I removed the alternator, water pump, radiator (had to drop the roll bar to do this), balancer, and cam cover. Removed the engine mount nuts and loosened the radiator mount bolts, jacked the engine up about 2", and the cam slid right out. No tool needed, just put a bolt in the cam to get a handle on it. Complete PITA, but now it's done.

So I will now swap (6,600 RPM peak, 640/570) this cam for a more streetable one (5,800 RPM peak, guessing 610/610), keeping the solid roller lifters for a more aggressive cam profile, lowering spring pressure a bit.

But the one thing I'm deliberating is intakes. My current Victor is ported really beautifully but is optimized for higher RPMs. I could go for a Performer RPM, but I'm hesitating because the Victor is such a killer piece, it looks great, and I'm told big engines can handle single plane intakes with little loss at low RPMs.