well, i didnt mean anything that extreme in terms of low buck.
more along the lines of what i see the majority of guys running, and similar to what i was running when i had the roller in my old 448.

i thought you already had the Racer Brown rockers on this motor for the previous tests, so what i was thinking was more like just swap the cam/lifters/springs/distributor gear, and use a cam with a similar profile to the MM305, and just see what the roller set up was worth.

then go to the big dollar set-up like what you did.

as for the pan.....no telling what its worth without testing, but dont kid yourself....ive seen pretty substantial gains(15-20hp at higher rpms) by using pans that provide better oil control.
ive also seen high doller hi-tech pans not work that well at all.

changing the pan on the dyno isnt all that fun....but its not really that bad either.