Motor dies after startup.

If by valve adjustment, you mean using the feeler gauges to set the correct distance between the rocker arm and the valve stem, I set the exhaust to 0.020 and the intake to 0.010 after running the car for 10 min and warming up the block.

I took it on a test run today around town. A little bit of stumble on the idle but it accelerates nice and smooth.

Tomorrow I'm going to pull the valve cover and make sure those rods stayed in place. And then test drive it again.

Cooter did you take a pic of your motor after installing the offy?