You can assemble the short block with the cam. lifters and timing set in it and then spin the motor over by hand, after marking the lifters and block, to check if the lifter will rotate after 15 to 30 rotations of the crank, 7 to 15 cam revolutions scope
They should rotate some if they are not tight in the lifters bores scope wrench up

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