After two new valves (on my weak #4 cylinder), a new front cam seal, a new front crank seal, a new water pump, and a 3/8" or so throttle body spacer, it's back together and running

The only oddity was that I had no water temp after it ran for a few minutes which turned out to be the wire on the water temp sending unit slipped off (the boot was still on). Plugged it back in, and temp is normal

I haven't had a chance to drive it much yet. It'll post some comments after I have.
Oh, there is an intermittent noise (sucking noise maybe) that I haven't been able to pinpoint. I thought it was coming from the throttle body area at first, but then it sounded like the exhaust manifold side

Maybe I'll find it, maybe it'll go away when things settle in (how's that for positive thinking).