Cam looks good Steve said, we would have to pull the engine to get the cam out completely. The way we had to modify the the whole engine bay and firewall to get that small block in there, it is a nightmare to get it out again. He checked the cam while turning the engine and looking down the holes, said there is very little wear maybe 5,000 of an inch. Some of the lifters won't depress so he is gonna put in a new set tomorrow, maybe cause they are full of fluid but to ba on the safe side, he is gonna replace them.
The intake manifold had a weld somewhere deep inside one of the two top ports and he wasn't sure why cause the manifold was a swap meet find anyway. He looked it over when he bought it but the weld was way inside so he isn't gonna fool with it.
He suspects that the couple lifters that were pushed past the C clamps might be the culprit to the rattling. None of the lifters had any damage to their surface what so ever. With the exception of a couple that would not depress inside.
Thanks Johnny