408 Valve train noise??

Thank you all again for your knowledge and help. I genuinely appreciate it. Not to sound like a dick. But the reason I bought a $7k + crate engine was because I didn’t have the time and lack of a decent local machine shop to rebuild the 360 that came out of the car which could have been done cheaper than a replacement engine.

Tearing this one down is not an option I’m willing to do

It’s probably nothing serious and perhaps it’s something else other than the engine itself ? Could very well be since I can’t pin point it

Just going by what I know which isn’t much.

Not placing blame on anyone.I guess we’ll just run it as is. IF something does happen we’ll deal with it then Thanks again