Quote: OK, I lied, the ball and cup are blue. Didn't notice it until just now. Definitely oil starvation. Notice the intake pushrod is bent from opening the intake valve under such high pressure.
The problem with the pee hole is that on some it doesnt spray the oil into the cup... you need to see each one while the engine is running... then again as the revs go up and oil pressure does also it MIGHT be missing the cup.. I use the through PR oiling that way you know its getting oil on the ends of the PR and rocker.. if you had TD shaft and some other rockers where the adjuster has the hole in them to pass the oil down the adjuster yours might be up in the rocker too far and blocking off the oil passage(but you dont)