Magnum 360 build. (HP/tq?)

Do you know what head gaskets were used and if the pistons ended up below deck at all? Reason I asked is I had a 360 with similar combo as yours; small Lunati Voodoo cam (213/220 @ .050") and a measured 10.4:1 compression with iron Magnum heads. It lasted about 30k miles but I always had issues with pinging; finally one day it busted a ring land and cracked the cylinder wall when I floored it to pass someone on the freeway. In hindsight I should have been more on-the-ball with ignition timing, should've modified the advance curve for less total and more initial and eased up on the vacuum advance. I'd just hate for someone else to go through the same scenario.
I did not measure how far they are, but very little if any.. it'll be tuned and run off the computer in my 99 ram..
My question to you is, during the initial install of the valve train, dropped the new roller lifters in, bolted the heads on, new stock 9.601 pushrods, stock rockers... After putting the heads w/lifters in I dumped break in oil down the belly and ran the oil pump... Now as I'm installing the pushrod/rockers they seem to be opening valves that should be closed??
Am I missing something?