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I might be wrong on the lift, might have been higher .458/.484 something like that. As I remember they have a pretty big overlap , but used the wide LSA to smooth it out, so they would idle fine
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I'm not sure what my cam card says, but I keep it in the glove box for these very type of discussions. I simply went to the GM dealer and ordered up the blueprint LT1 cam/lifters. I'm sure other owners could/can get their deuce to idle smooth at 900, but I can't - and therefore I don't think that idle rpm should be used as a barometer to gauge how 'stock' a car is. I think you are saying in a earlier post that the idle quality is not the only test of 'stockness', so then I should be ok. I'm not sure that comparing today's cars to a ronnie sox mag article from 35 years ago is appropriate either, but... that's just me. I think even Ed Hedrick 'may' have had a few bad runs here or there
As I type this discussion, I'm realizing what my point is - I hope! Having been to 'stock' events that were put on by different organizations, I have found that the most thorough is the PSMCDR in Stanton - specifically, the Certified Stock class. I plan to build my next deuce within their parameters, and get it Certified through their tear-down process. My concern is that I will bring a legit Certified Stock car to your event, and get deemed a cheater because of rule changes, or different testing procedures, or running too fast, or....???... I would suggest that rather than reinventing the wheel, maybe just piggyback off of their efforts? (maybe not a Certified tear-down process yet, but a similar intrepretation of 'stock').