Okay Rusty, what I've decided to do is pull the heads. Yes. Just the heads. I think some valves are sticking. Not all the time. Just sometimes. The reason that the short block isn't an immediate concern is because when I say the cam died, it was actually two lifters that concaved. Yes there was metal filings. After I pulled the flat tappet lifters and cam, I pulled the motor and sprayed it down with 5 cans of break clean. Checked all lifter bores. Pulled oil pump and thourogly cleaned it and screen. While out of the car I had to clearance the ribs in oil valley for the new lifter bars of the solid roller lifters. The local machine shop installed new valve guides in the pro comp heads. If I had to pick one major cause of my problems, I would say it is valve train related. Either sticking vakves, bad guides, or a couple of the lifter bars may still be hanging up on the ribs in valley. The fuel pressure issue is a crappy new fuel guage giving inaccurate readings. The needle seats are functioning normally and the sight glasses show fuel just at bottom edge. Also found that my Moroso kill switch was defective when the cable terminal fell off into the battery box. Still going to get a 383 and save it for a later date.