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If the jam nuts were still tight, chances are you just messed up on the adjustment.

Kevin

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The other, easy way to see if the cam is dying is to cut the oil filter open and inspect every pleat. Usually when the cam is dying it is one or two lobes and as they get worn off they get louder and metal gets toss up into the valve cover area of the heads where you can see it or at least pick it up with a small pocket magnet The other thing is where your adjusting the lash in relation to the bottom of the cam, small blocks with tight LSA are more sensitive to lash adjustment procedures than motors with wide LSA Let us know what you find out