After engine reinstall, first start up ends in disaster!

So if you had metal on metal that means that there is crap throughout the engine and it needs to come out to be cleaned up and asses the bearings, no? Or did just the lifter piston fail and the pushrod as rattling around, but no grinding going on? This is another reason if I ever get to a roller cam, it will be a solid lifter. Supposedly Comp was making their own high precision hydraulic lifters due to failures from contracted ones, but it is only used in one product line, probably most expensive.
yes it was just the loose pushrod making the noise, all the pieces were still in the lifter thank goodness. We saw no evidence of any damage to cam, rocker or pushrod.
Did you disassemble the brand new lifters and clean, then reassemble prior to using them? I’ve been preaching that for a long time. Every hydraulic lifter that goes in one of my engines gets checked out and cleaned prior to use. I have a feeling a lot of the lifter failures could be avoided.
I did not, and I'm not sure if my engine builder did either, he did mention he made sure they were clean and lubricated before assembling.
Do yourself a huge favor .
Get rid of the Comp junk, - all of it !
Kinda reminds me of that line from Shakespeare: We are so soaked in blood now, it would be better to wade o'er than to turn back.