BB Valve Adjustment (made it worse)!

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My mid 70's 454 only smoked if it idled to long and then I'd leave a nice big cloud for the cars behind me to drive through. I decided to adjust the valves thinking that's the problem but it only made it worse. I did the traditional (engine running) adjustments, you know loosen one rocker arm until it starts tapping then tighten until it stops plus 1/8 or 1/4 or 1/2 turn. Well over half of them needed to be loosened between 2 to 4 complete turns before they started tapping and the others were around 1 turn. I thought that was quite odd so I finished thinking the guy before me must have tightened some way too tight and that was my problem BUT now it started smoking faster than before and even smokes when first started! What should I do now???



P.S. I haven't drank in a long time but a cold one sounds good right now!