Yes i had the loud valve noise also, some of the rockers pretty much welded themselves to the shafts lol. It was a while ago but they were crane gold rockers and like I said it was really cool the machine shop bought me a whole new setup. I hope the OP gets it all figured out and fixed up.
moparwedden good luck. awhile back when I had this happen to me I pulled the cam and head and ran a coat hanger down through the passage in the block and it stopped at the bearing. Hope yours is a simple fix. The machine shop bought me a new set of rockers and shaft setup.
Air woofer yes 3-1/2" pypes stainless. Famous bob here is a vid of one of my passes. I went 9.72 in this vid and it is not my quickest either.
4.10s with 30" 315/60/15 radial on 100% local 93 fuel.
Dodge Dart - 9 Second Motor Only Pass(93 Pump Gas) Radial Tires - YouTube