Fryedaddy,
They are about 2 turns down from all the way up, not screwed out a long ways so that is not an issue. I set the preload pretty much as Brent stated, at ~0.060, I believe it was a 1/2 turn of the adjuster.
With that said, could not have screwed this up any more if I tried, not sure why I brain farted and just installed the Harland Sharp rockers as is. Here is where I was and need to be it looks like.
Does anyone have a gut feel on whether or not I will notice this difference in terms of engine behavior?
As found = no shims under rocker stands, ball/cup rods are 8.315" long. Sweep well over .100". Rod axis not aligned all that well with adjuster axis.
As needed = .25" shims under rocker stands, ball/cup rods need to be 8.725 " long, this moves adjuster up into the rocker farther than before and of course accommodates the .25" shim. Rod to adjuster axis will be more straight line now as well, cup not eschewed on ball.
What was I thinking....in too much of a hurry to get it on the road last spring I guess.
Thanks.