I got there at 8:15 and we didn't waste time putting it together. We were on the horn with Rich by 10:30.
The heat was climbing and surely added to the frustration. To make matters worse, Rich was sick and feeling pretty bad. I'm sure he was ready to give up on us a few times.
By 3:30 or so we got a full run in. Heat was miserable. The USB extension wasn't working so we had to leave the laptop in the cell. We got some good quality sauna time standing next to that beast at idle. To make things more fun, we were using Joe's fenderwell headers.
I got out of there (and out of Joe's hair) just after 5 pm.


I'm running Gatorman lifters and Comp 1.5 rollers. The valve train was very quiet. Quieter than I expected. When it ran into valve float the engine started dancing around.

As for the springs, I'll have to look for the part number. I had them shipped to the porter and he did the assembly.

Dewayne, I posted all the nerdy data for you to peruse and maybe a couple others would appreciate seeing it.