Ok I've slept on it, and have tallied up the results of the damage to the engine, and here's what i've got.
Heads are ok
Block is ok
7 lifters are ok.
Everything else?
Broken.
In a nutshell it needs a rotating assembly. Or if I had more money a shortblock... Not buying a shortblock.
The camshaft lobes are squared off where that lifter was so it's toast. Crankshaft is also toast...
I am also not replacing with another used motor, because god forbid THAT motor is falsely advertised and I wind up with two boat anchors at my house.
It's about 400-500 dollars to me in parts, and a few days of my time split up over various weekends and after work.
I'm not giving up on this car just yet.
So here is my next question, and the last piece to my puzzle. A stock cam to me is $330!! That is a pretty penny... Here's where im getting confused....
An alphabet cam- E or B for example is $195 to me. I am over here tryin to ball on a budget. I am really considering buying one of these little baby cams just to save money. IF it works, great. If it performs even better!
You must know this in advance. I AM STICKING WITH THE STOCK HEADS! DEAL WITH IT!!!
I've lurked and seen so many threads get hijacked and hated on and the point gets lost with changing the heads.
It's not gonna happen with this engine. I can't afford it. Unless you're gonna donate me some GT40 heads, its just not in the cards right now.
The question is. If I just put the mild E or B cam is the motor gonna blow the
up?
EDIT: I forgot to add, there are Crane 1.7 Rockers installed on these heads. They're all good. Stock pushrods as well, also good.