Wait till you see what I find....

Dartnut said

Agreed 100%.
There was a mechanical interference which is a nice way to say that the valves certainly hit the pistons and bent the push rods. The marks are there to prove this....

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If the valves are truly undamaged, I can't imagine the valves alone are responsible for that much "customization" of the push rods.

If that's actually the case, what the heck are those valves made out of??!!..