Non milled gt40p install. Pushrod Problems.

Well, my car is almost done (HCI). The only thing that I was uncomfortable with was the pushrods. This is what happened:


I lined the cam sprocket and crank dot to dot, therefore I went ahead and put the #1 rockers on using the stock pushrods. I thightened it down by hand, then torqued it to about 21lbs. they both seemed fine. Then I went to #3 after rotating the crank 90 degrees and when I thightened one of the rockers to spec, I could jiggle the rocker quite a bit. So I decided I'll probably have to use the 6.3 rods I bought just in case. So I started over and put all of them on. My only concern is that most of the rockers were pushing the springs down a bit before I hit the torque spec. The one that was previously loose felt good now though. So for a while I could not decide which rods to use, becuase it seemed to vary as I went through the order. Do you think I'll be alright? Is it better to be a hair short or a hair long?

Also, I did prime the oil system before installing them. With the new rods, they all seemed fine. Then about 5 hrs later, I wiggled one of the rockers and discovered that they all had a touch of play in them. Are they supposed to wiggle at all? I'm guessing that the oil in the lifter hand drained away causing the rockers to become looser. I was just skeptical of putting the valve covers on.

So should I stick with the 6.3's that I have in there or go back to the stock ones?


Sorry for the length, but I'm finishing my car tomorrow, so I need to make sure asap that I am good to go ahead.

thanks


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I forgot to add that I am using stock rockers.

so maybe I should put the stock ones back in??