Bent up stuff

Dartnut said
You're just lucky that you didn't drop a valve and take out the whole piston, head, and possibly the cylinder/block with it.
I think the push rod length is wrong, (among a lot of other things) given your story.
They handed you some push rods and said "this is what you need" sounds fishy to me in the way of nobody checked clearances on anything really, and just threw some parts at it from a catalogue. Very unprofessional to say the least. HUGE red flag. Setting the valve lash by eye? Huge red flag. Remove the p.c.v.? Huge red flag. Valve to piston clearance over 3/8''? Bullshit. And a huge red flag again.
Forget about going back to them and trying to get parts, cut your ties with them professionally, and do it right yourself even if you have to spend $500 on tools.
Get your information and machine work done with KNOWN professional engine builders that specialize in Mopar engines. There are several on here.
Learn how to degree your cam yourself, and check all clearances yourself. It really isn't all that hard if you have the tools, just time consuming.
Just my 2 cents as usual.........
Tom.

We didn't order from a catalog or anything like that. I saved some money. Decided I wanted a new set of aluminum heads, intake, and carb. Pro Comp sold me a complete package for $1200. Shortly after I installed everything, the flat tappet cam went out. So, I then bought my Comp Cams solid roller cam and lifters set. The machine shop (buddy) called up Comp Cams and they sent us these springs. Obviously something is wrong due to the extreme bind in the coils on springs. I personally have never messed with valve train geometry before. This is all new to me. I never knew about coil bind and pushrod length. I am doing my best to learn here. Considering my poor math skills in school, I am amazed I even know what little I do. As for tools, you just stated buy some tools. Could you be more specific? About the only thing I can think of that I don't own is a valve spring compressor. I have a torque wrench, 60 gal Craftsman Compressor, all wrench sizes, all socket sizes, die grinders, bench grinder, mig welder, screwdrivers, hose cutter, feeler gauges, etc. Where I went wrong was trusting the wrong person at wrong machine shop. I will definitely be using a different one from now on.