In post 179 you mentioned using the Indy 360-1 style intake gasket for marking the ports in this head. Doesn't that mean you made these heads just as wide at the pushrod and now require the same rocker offset as the Indy 360-1, at around .800" offset? I am just spitballing here. Hope I do not make it more confusing. Really want to see this one completed.
Good technical posts like these, even when things don't go exactly as planned, are very interesting to me. Better for reading along than most books.