Do wait to put intake on after rocker arms on?

[WH23G3G]

On my 400 I've got rocker arms, intake, distributor drive, and motor mounts left to put on my engine. I've got lifters in and I've got new pushrods ready. Do I put the pushrods and lifters in and then intake and then the rockers? Or do I wait until the rocker arms, pushrods, and lifters are all on until I put the intake on. I can't guarentee it's going to run right since it's my first rebuild but it sure will look good.

[Sublime69]

Yes, you should wait on the intake until you've got the valvetrain in and torqued (rocker shafts).

I made the mistake of trying to drop pushrods in with the intake on, when I went to bump the engine over to adjust my rockers (Crane Gold Race) one of the pushrods wasn't seated correctly and busted the edge right off of a lifter.

Had fun fishing that one out. 

[71charger_fan]

use a thin wooden dowel to help hold all the pushrods in a line and it makes the install so much easier