Lesson learned: Changing to 3/8 pushrods midstream is a bad idea. Drilling 5/8" holes in a block or cylinder head is nerve-racking. And my brilliantly stupid idea of running bbc 1.8 rockers means clearancing the pushrod holes even closer to the rocker stud. I'm starting to get nervous about hitting water. Had to order head porting bits so I could get in the holes and clearance from the top. I'll take pics when I'm done and everything in the valvetrain is assembled. You have to grind down at least to below the bolt bosses for the side covers to get the pushrods to clear. My kids were wandering in and out of the garage during to evening, watching me drill the holes nice and slow so I didn't snap another 17.00 bit. Christian my gearhead son commented that "it's much easier in the game where you can just click to buy the stage III engine." Yeah, they don't tell you about this part, do they?
