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Jesel or T & D. I read your other post and with the money you saved on the block, a top notch valvetrain would be money well spent.

My 440-1 heads use Jesels, one pair of rockers per cylinder. You eliminate that long shaft and the rockers themselves are very strong, I have not hurt one yet. A close friend of mine had the same results with his T & D rockers.

Nothing against Harland Sharpe, they have their place, but are not on the same level. You will also be needing new pushrods and should be considering how you want them to be oiled. I use the spray bar valve covers, but a lot of guys prefer pushrod oiling.

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Oh yes oiling
that does have to be addressed since the hollow shaft will be gone.
push rod oiling?
does that require different roller cam and cam rollers along with push rods? IT must.
Valve cover spray sounds like it may be less cost but is this as effective?
Bob @ Bartons say they have a rocker system similar to Jesels but he seemed a bit mysterious about the whole deal? he wouldn't give me a price or and any particulars..

Since with the Jesel or other serious upgrades the heads will need to be machined.
Only have once chance to do this kind of thing.

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If you have the choice it would be better to start with new heads that are machined up front for the Jesel rocker arms.

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Thanks again Andy!
Thanks again for all of the great advice.
You all have saved me hours if not days of research, pain and agony with your experience.

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No problem. If you found those posts helpful then maybe you'll want to buy the book. The book has 400+ pictures that cover the same basic topics.

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I sent T&D and e-mail asking about their rockers in a 1.6 ratio and what if anything else may need to be done for them to fit the 440-1 heads.
I found some nice images on the site,
They look like a very good product that are shaft mounted so if they are bolt on they would be a good choice.

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Thanks again Andy!
Thanks again for all of the great advice.
You all have saved me hours if not days of research, pain and agony with your experience.

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No problem. If you found those posts helpful then maybe you'll want to buy the book. The book has 400+ pictures that cover the same basic topics.

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I sent T&D and e-mail asking about their rockers in a 1.6 ratio and what if anything else may need to be done for them to fit the 440-1 heads.
I found some nice images on the site,
They look like a very good product that are shaft mounted so if they are bolt on they would be a good choice.

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the T&Ds are very nice. i bolted some 1.6s to the 440-1s without any mods or clearance grinding. had to get new pushrods, T&Ds use the ball/ball type

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That's real good news I didn't want to take the grinder to a brand spankin' new engine block.

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I sent T&D and e-mail asking about their rockers in a 1.6 ratio and what if anything else may need to be done for them to fit the 440-1 heads.
I found some nice images on the site,
They look like a very good product that are shaft mounted so if they are bolt on they would be a good choice.

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the T&Ds are very nice. i bolted some 1.6s to the 440-1s without any mods or clearance grinding. had to get new pushrods, T&Ds use the ball/ball type

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That's real good news I didn't want to take the grinder to a brand spankin' new engine block.

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ooops...sorry, i forgot to mention that the heads are bolted on a Mega block

no grinding needed on the block, but some pushrods are pretty close