[FWB]

ok...i'll bite...

obviously more going on than ...oops i broke a spring...

were they the right springs and set up correctly for the combo.

do you know what heads are on it?
do you know what cam is in it?
do you have the cam card?

if the cam still has all of its lobes, then just buy the correct springs for the cam and this will be best done with the heads off.
if you don't have all of the tools to check installed and compressed heights i would take them somewhere and have them put on.

but back to the broken spring and the backed off adjuster.
do you know where the timing was set to? detonation can back off adjusters and in severe cases break stuff.......some investigation beyond a forum posting should be undertaken to really check things out..

jus' sayin'