OK- - - -I'm only going to say this one more time- - - -until you measure the valve lift, you're wasting a whole bunch of time and effort. By looking at the pictures, it seems you don't have nearly enough clearance between the bottom of the spring keeper and the top of the guides. I'm glad that "race shop" isn't building competition engines for me!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!