What do you make of this, hot push rods.

Ok, I found a problem and I'm seriously thinking about starting over with the valve-train.

The previous owner, who had this engine originally built back in 1989, and changed it to a solid roller had valve train problems and they have continued with me.

It's shimmed under the shafts and running lash caps. The shims on each bank consist of 3 that just have a round hole for the shaft bolt and 1 that has on elongated hole for the bolt and oil passage.

The shim for oiling was on the wrong pedestal. The incorrectly placed shim let enough oil pass during my pre startup inspection to make me think it was oiling enough but the restriction was to great for proper oiling.

This is my theory anyway (for al least part of my problem). My mopar valve-train knowledge is basic at best. At this point I have only checked the left side.

Before (shim restricting oil to shaft) and after moving the open shim to the oiling pedestal.