Okay, first and formost it helps to have the car correctly timed. I was off by 1 tooth on I & E!!! Got taht re-dun (correctly this time), and had to -get ready for this- shim each lifter on the exhaust side .060"!!!! NONE ON THE INTAKE, and i still have ticking. Idle is back to normal, no surging and it feels like a bit more power too. It just ticks, im guessing because even with the .060" shims some lifters still have roughly .005"-.008" gap (lash?) between cam bottom and roller.
so as of now, all is good (excpet ticking) and i really appreciate all the help and info. Thanks Fast420a, michael97rs, and others. Id like to thank the acadamy, and most of all God,...... sorry, got carried away.
Thanks guys