Brent.
Just hang in there. I once had a 427 tunnel port that was even worse than what you are going through. The first time I fired it up it ran for 10 minutes and the cam timing chanin wheel fell off. What a mess. Second try after extensive work, cam BROKE and ruined most of what was left of the heads. Third try was a charm. I got a 390, built it and sold the tunnel port to a junk yard. After tearing it down even the crank was messed up. You will get yours one of these days. It just takes more patience than I had when I was young.
Ron
