273 rocker info please

And that's great. He can certainly do that and probably run for a very long time and never have issue. But is that what he wants, or does he want the valve train geometry to be correct? Because I can just about slap guarantee that even the stone stock valve train on his engine was not correct from the factory. If any of them were, it's just because of chance. Yeah, they'll run 100K miles or more not "correct", but if you doing a build, why not get it right? Why not get the rockers in the correct place on top of the valve stems instead of on one side or the other? Why not optimize valve tip, rocker arm, valve guide and valve stem wear? And it's POSSIBLE you might pick up a tic more power by reducing friction. If you're leaving something 100% stock and unmolested, yeah, ok, run it. But if you're doing a ground up build, why wouldn't you want it right? There simply are no down sides.

Geometry problems can be addressed like you said. Not sure there is a problem. You have to inspect, measure, and correct with the hydraulic rockers the same way. If there is a problem. I realize he is getting the rockers for free, that still leaves adjustable hydraulic pushrods to buy, and if it were me, I'd also run grooved shafts. Trust me, I don't slap anything together. I also don't go chasing every "best" or more "power" new thing ever dreamed up. I used to, but now I just want to enjoy what I have. I'm tired of forever changing everything for the supposed latest and greatest. If this old, imperfect stuff was so bad, why did we love these performance cars so much to begin with.