Rocker ball stud protrusion

fishy68 said

Small block LA Chryslers have one inherent flaw. The angle of the pushrod to the lifter to the rocker arm (3 compound angles) causes some lift loss. It is perfectly normal to see .020" lift loss with your cam size so IMO you did real good when you got .532" out of it. If the lifter, pushrod, and rocker arm ball were in perfect alignment you'd get the full amount of lift no problem.

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What fishy said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.

The stock geometry will not give you paper lift numbers. His last sentence was meant as if it was a perfect world...:D. Which it's not...

Your pic where you had it looks great. I'd go back to that. I think I understood correctly that the adjusters were in a good spot at that point as well. A few hundredths lift won't make a huge difference on anything other then a max effort build, so I'd be comfortable with the sweep you originally had.