[Cliff R]

"Of note, the cups on the rocker arms were blued pretty decently which I felt a bit uneasy about, but may not actually be an issue."

This is one of the biggest problems with the Comp Cams roller tip rockers. Poor fit between the rocker balls and bodies so they pretty much "grind" themselves together as they break-in and most will turn blue or even black from the heat and friction created AND they are putting metal into the assembly while this happens.

They also use grooved rocker balls which reduces surface area and allows a lot of oil to run right down the studs instead of finding it's way up over the rocker tips and getting atomized for cooling and lubrication.

I still see a lot of folks using them and the few sets I've installed here (try to avoid them for the most part) for customers got solid rocker balls and hand lapped for a better fit between the parts. By the time you source out a set of solid rocker balls and hand lap each one to fit the time and effort makes getting a good set of full roller rockers a better deal all the way around....IMHO.

Even with that said the only full rollers we haven't had or seen issues with are the Crane Gold Race, Harland Sharp, or Crower Enduro's. All of the others (and there are a lot of choices out there) we've seen problems with in one form or another over the years so they are avoided.......FWIW......Cliff