No, Andy, the Cam discussion and the aforementioned context dates from way before this thread. The above quote was merely a reference to it.

In Chronological order.......

A thread occurred titled something like 'Who can do a Custom Cam for an RST?'
Everyone suggested Karl
A few people suggested Newman
I emailed Karl
I then called Newman
They said 'No, we can't help you spec a cam for your engine, but our Solid Lifters keep breaking'
Then this thread occurred where I made reference to my experience with Newman and the fact that THEY COULD NOT SUPPLY ME WITH A CUSTOM CAM AND CANNOT SUPPLY YOU OR ANYONE ELSE WITH A CUSTOM CAM UNLESS YOU GO TO THEM WITH A LIST OF EXACT TIMING/DURATION/LIFT etc figures.
So back to the top of this list, they COULD NOT HAVE HELPED ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT CUSTOM CAMS.

For fuck sake. Lets split hairs. So, out of a joint collaboration where AVA spec the Cam and Newman physically press the button on the machine to make it, who claims the credit?? I think Alan would be most disappointed to here that you faithful lot are 'Selling' his hard work with Newmans name on it.

Hows that for ULTIMATE HYPOCRISY??