[Fishin2Deep4U]

I have not run this setup myself. I did help a buddy set his up.

What we ended up doing is simply throw the lifters on my surface grinder and take down the flat on both sides.

We looked at this a couple of different ways and I do not feel this is a best fix. My preference is to use stock components wherever possible so that roadside (shop) repairs are possible. That will not be the case on the road.

After reviewing where the issues are at, I would prefer to build new dog bones with relief for the lifter body. These would be a little thicker, but allow for any stock or equivalent replacement lifter. While not a factory part, I feel that it is probably not a real wear part. I can have these made easily enough so we would have some backups. I did not check the hardness of nor tried to cut the factory dog bones. But I am sure a Pontiac specific replacement part would be easy to get done.

Dave