have you ever driven a car with reprofiled cams? Its not all its made up to be. The power band is then narrowed or moved around and getting the right balance is hard. tickover is rougher etc, its really not a nice experience and i would never do it again. The OEM cams will be the best balance for all round driving.
Sorry frankly do not agree with what you said, it comes down to the builder and what you want from the build. Yes OEM will be fine as a daily daily but if you want to wring performance out of it then it is a very good option. As to the drives actually yes, many of mine have had this done, and here they are some of my old cars from the last 28 years of driving (not including the dodgy stuff on the farm when I was under age
First Car Mk1 Cortina 1500GT with 1275 gearbox off the mark like its arse was on fire but no top end due to the gearbox ratios. Scary to drive it was column shift!
Lotus twin cam Cortina Mk1 (was dads) He had the 3.1 litre Savage with the Essex V6
Escort Rs2000 Mk1 2.0 Pinto Kent cam ported gasflowed head stage 2 Race engine built by my dad and I.
Escort RS2000 Mk2 droop snoot 2.1 pinto conversion, too much pimp to list.
Escort RS Turbo S1 B Plate 1750 cc again would fill the page with the mods
Escort RS Turbo S2 H Plate Pimped to death started as a daily drive then track car.
Sierra 3 Door Cosworth on D Plate full race rebuild courtesy of Vulcan Engineering big up to them and still going strong that car was awsome !! Wish i could buy it back
Focus ST 170 3 doorfull top end rebuild with new cam and custom re map.
Focus RS Mk1 53 plate then the new baby turned up sold it again too much work to list.
Another ST170 5 door fairly standard just breathing and remap
ST2 loads too much to jot down
Current Boconightmare very little forge bits and Revo
Current RS Focus Mk1 53 plate again mostly standard shared daily drive. Re mapped, exhaust, intercooler induction and thats it
There have been others like the Pug and the missus RS1800i Fiesta RS Turbo, Integra and the Bimmer. Car family we are.
So where does the carophile come from in me? Dad bless him worked for Ford and part of his time with them was working with AVO particularly on the Escort twin cams build and design team of the 70's Then time at Dagenham again, oh and on some stuff for the RS200
I love my cars just try not to rattle on about em so much