Well it turns out that there were no lobes on the cam for the concave faced lifters to ride on creating the illusion of incorrect pushrod length because someone ignored my information about recent changes in oil formulas. I can talk to my brother till I'm blue in the face and he shines me on 'cause I'm just "little Brother"(I'm only 55 and he's 66)
Maybe He'll think that over while he rebuilds his "fresh" 440. Sad,but what's a guy to do? Anyway thanks for everyones suggestions,Dave