Kerry, I have to agree with Hank on this. A set of Rhodes lifters would probably help smooth out your idle and increase the vacuum signal considerably. You definitely need to ditch the small block 1.5 rocker arms and get either 1.7 or 1.75 rockers. The geometry on the SBC rockers is all wrong, even if they don't rub on the head, they put pressure on the wrong part of the pushrod seat on the rocker arm. Ditto for the BB 1.7 rockers; that's why your pushrod seats were, as you put it, "wallowed out" when you checked them. Yes, the BB rockers will work and they're close to the correct ratio, but the geometry is still off, but not near as far off as the SBC rockers. And by the way, I think you're building an AWESOME car.
