It's always better to error on the side of caution. I've got to much money invested in this engine to take any chances. In hind sight, I should've lashed the valves a couple times since I installed the engine. Especially after the EL Toro beating. A hydraulic cam would be much less maintenence but I like spinning this baby to 6800.
Right now I need to decide if I'm going to send the lifters out to Isky and have them upgraded from the Red Zone's with needle bearings, to the EZ Rolls. I'll probably use up the life in these, and have them rebuilt down the road. When Jason built the engine, he had good luck with these and had heard of one bad experience with the EZ Rolls. He hasn't heard anything negative since. I'm going to send him some photos and go from there.