Hi Ron, looks like all is well with you.

I work with a friend of mine Ford engine (before anybody starts bashing, 1225HP and that is motor only, ) we have played with push rods the entire life of this combo. We run a tapered 7/16 to 3/8 push rod. What we started to do was painted the push rods with diecome (sp?) where they pass through the heads. We will run .030 clearance all the way around the rod and only after some hard pulls, we would see where the push rods were rubbing the heads (the joys of 1000lbs open pressure) The point I'm trying to make is, and I know you know this, it is a heck of a lot easier to figure out small problems on a dyno than in a car. Dyno the motor Ron!!

....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!