Fresh engine, wiped cam? Tick? (new pics added)

I thing you lifters are fine.....that is you lifter foot to cam lobe.

You really need to run the eng with the valve cover off to determining with ones were noise. I understand why you didn't BUT now you need to replace then all........or put it back together to find where the noise is.

I would get 8 more lifters, for a piece of mind, and then you MUST Check you lifter PRELOAD before you install the manifold!

If the preload was wrong, i could have cause the Hyd affect of the lifter to go bad.........or it just need a different push rod.


I'm taking to far ahead.... re install the push rods/ rocker arms and see how far the push rod go's into the lifter.......take a picture of the lifter in the valley after words