My doomed 408 build

My Dad and I worked on it all weekend.
We tore the engine down to the short block, removed the cam, lifter rollers and the cam lobes were damaged. #8 exhaust lifter
roller had locked up and ate the lobe. Obviously the wrong weight of valve spring, and the lifters were bouncing off of the cam.
We then took the short block apart, cleaned out every last inch that I could see with a case and a half of brake cleaner. We then put it all together.
We then followed the directions from HUGHES to the letter on cam and lifter install, while also verifying that the lifters spun in the bores as they should.
The guy from the machine shop spent a little bit of time double checking torque on the bottom end. He measured push-rod lengths, and took my push-rod kit I bought from Hughes, and is building them for me. He said I did a good job and everything looks good to go.The intake timing cover and oil pan were not on the engine when my guy came over. The guy also took the heads back off so he could take them with him to change out the springs. He said he has a way to install the center springs after we do the cam brake in, without pulling the heads. More will follow...