noob valve spring question

PRH said
Which springs did you buy?

Make sure the pushrods are properly seated in the lifter, and in the rocker arm.

The fact that you have 2 springs from the same cylinder compressed this far...... at the same time...... raises a red flag.

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Trick Flow... I don't have the part number in front of me but they're supposed to be identical to the Comp Cams 901-16 set.

Hmm, I double checked the pushrods are in the proper spot in the rockers arms, but I didn't realize they can be not properly in the lifters. Sorry, still learning here. I will verify that when I do take it all apart again to get good readings on the installed height, but I think this might be what's going on.