The "WRONG" Way To Adjust BBC Valves!

[savatreatabvr]

I've posted questions on this forum many times and I've gotten some excellent answers to fix what problems I had at the time but my mid 70's BBC 454 still didn't run right until today! Well runs better anyways! I was doing the running adjustment procedure wrong, I was backing off the rocker arms until they clattered and then tightened them until they stopped clattering and then another 1/4 turn and that was it and that why it always ran rough! Today I read an article on the right way to do a running adjustment, I was doing everything right EXCEPT waiting 10 seconds after the first 1/4 turn and turning them another 1/4 turn waiting 10 more and 1/4 turn and 10 more seconds and one final 1/4 turn, after each turn it would run rough until the lifters adjusted themselves and now it runs much better but there's still one thing, I STILL DON'T HAVE BBC POWER! So now I'm wondering if I have timing issues! It's still a great truck no matter what!

I don't care how high gas prices go I'll never own a rice burner!