Hey thanks for all of your time and the info. I live in a rural area and just cruise; I'll never pull the motor over 5K rpm.
Having said that, I might try the Competition Products kit and see how that goes. All I'm after is a lopey idle.
Only thing holding me back from doing this project was the rocker situation (lash), and the fact that I never pulled a timing cover with the oil pan on. I have only pulled timing covers during engine builds (back in tech skool) where the oil pan was off, and that was 20 years ago!!