Franked, my build plan is fairly similar (in general terms) to yours, I just plan on using Kauffman D ports instead of the Edelbrock D ports. If you take a look at Jim Lehart's original methodology, you will probably see possible solutions to the dogbone clearance problem. When you combine that with Crawdaddy custom's look at lifters, and which ones seem to fit best, I think you can formulate a workable solution, without having to fabricate 16 dogbones when all the originals may require is some mild grinding as Jim Lehart did in his builds. Just a thought, YMMV.
