I bought a Hemi - Project Lit'lphant

[Project D]

(12-31-2019 06:57 PM)oldeskewltoy Wrote:  The vice is only holding the lifter bore housing so we could insert the bar stock into the lifter bores so we could measure "lifter bank angle".

You mean lobe separation, right ?
Centerlines can be measured without knowing the lobe separation (a dial indicator on the lifter and a degree wheel, like any other engine really), however lobe separation is critical to design a proper camshaft for the engine.