Life sort of beat me over the head about mid January so I've been really not paying much attention to this build. I'm gaining interest again now and getting ready to put it all back together again!

Went with COMP XR-270-HR/11-422-8 ( 1600-5400rpm, 110LSA, 270/276adv-dur, 218/224 @.050" ) roller kit with all components from COMP including cam and lifters. Will be installing roller rockers and molly pushrods.

The #063 heads were kept stock except for SS valves and the upgraded dual springs/retainers/keepers/seals, etc. as per the specs on the roller cam.

Hopefully I'll have this thing assembled and running in no time eh!

My current worries are...

o need to figure a way to either make one "set" of my lifters solid or purchase a single pair of solid roller lifters for pushrod length checking. I figure the pushrods I'll need will be an inch minimum shorter than stock so my check procedure needs to be spot on. What do you guys do in this situation to determine proper pushrod length

o without proper pushrods, which you really can't get without torquing down at least one head, how then will I be able to accurately do piston to valve clearance checking prior to getting accurately sized pushrods?

chicken => egg

Anyways,

Thanks,

-unix