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well..... I took my car to a mechanic friend. I knew the timing was off, and that I had some valve lash issues. He got the timing spot on, but he said he wasn't getting anything on cylinder 2 and 7. So he pulls the valve covers today. I got about 5 bent pushrods. Gotta do a compression test tomorrow to see if I got any valve damage. got my fingers crossed.... as they were stock pushrods. I think in my haste, I forgot to prime the lifters before adjusting the valves. It kills me cause I spent so much on these heads.... It was a waste because I could have bought aluminum heads for all the work I did to these iron heads. I revalved them to 1.90 and 1.60 and I'm running the stock roller hydraulic cam. I used the 1.6 roller tip rockers so shouldn't have had any problems. I am just hoping there's no problem. Wish that it not having but a couple hours run time made a difference, but I doubt it does. I need to come up with a plan B. I am assuming that if I bent a valve, or 2 or more that it will cost me pretty much what I just spent on these iron heads. I'm not going to do that again. If it's a cheap fix, then ok but not several hundred dollars worth. I'll switch to Trick flow 170s or the AFR 165s. It just makes me sick to think I have to tear this thing all the way back down. FML