Well, I drove the truck 100 miles yesterday and everything went fairly well. The motor had good power and there was a little bit of valve noise but it wasn't too bad. The Sweet Spot on this truck is cruising at about 45 - 50 miles an hour . I don't think it's going to go much faster than that anyway.
Apparently, I developed a small oil leak on the way and I partially blew out the donut gasket on the exhaust manifold but other than that everything went really well.
Thanks to everyone for all of your input. The knowledge on this form is invaluable to me.
