Fair? Who told you this **** is fair? I can tell you it's way easier to lose money building engines than it is to make it. The builder has no idea what happens to stuff once it leaves the shop.
Did you dyno the engine? There is ample information on the web why on why not to use hydraulic lifters. But the guys who want all the cake and want to eat all the cake thinks that's how it works.
BTW, this isn't leveled at you mull. It's general observations. It's from decades of doing this ****. It's from decades of watching what little quality there was is almost totally gone.
