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Its all about the valve train geometry. on other cars with adjustible rockers, ive seen then put shim under the spring, no more then 0.040" or put valve stem caps to get everything dialed in.
I would double check them personally, but it sounds like someone spent some time setting up the valve train. From what you typically see, that is a rear occurrence.