shimming hydraulic roller lifters solid

David Vizard describes adjusting the HR lifters to bottom them out and then back off just a hair. You could install "dry" and measure how much to bottom the lifters out, and then order pushrods that almost get you to that. Adjusable rockers will get you to 0.002" to 0.005" clearance in the lifter. Fairly inexpensive if you have to purchase pushrods anyway.
That would be a CRAPTON of lifter preload, which I completely disagree with. I don't care WHO recommends it.