Yes, the pushrods were straight, as far as I could tell. Rockers have small marks in the anodized coating where they were installed incorrectly but don't seem damaged.
I was able to get compression on those cylinders with less preload (basically none) so I'm guessing the first time it was popping was the incorrectly installed rockers. When I noticed they were installed wrong, I reinstalled them correctly but adjusted with too much preload, so the valves were still open. Would have been obvious if I had pressurized the cylinder. A valuable lesson in spending the time to really know what the problem is, not jumping to conclusions.
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