Pick up a Chilton or Haynes repair book. Or even better, a shop manual for your car. The rockers are not difficult to install and I believe any handy person with some automotive experience can install them.
As for the starting with the valve cover off (yes, it's synonomous with "rocker" cover)it won't hurt anything but will splash a bit of oil around under the hood. What I recommend and something I have done in the past on my Chevy's is this:
Go to a junkyard a buy a used valve cover for next to nothing. Use some metal snips and cut open the top-one horizontal slit across the top and two vertical slides down the front facing sides of the top. Then bend the top back toward the fender like a can lid. Now you can run the motor, make final adjustments, and visually inspect the rockers and the open-top valve cover will prevent the mess.
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Todd
1995 GT/T-5
Pulleys; 65 mm TB; Flowmaster cat-back; Mac off road H-pipe; FMS aluminum driveshaft; short-throw shifter; HD clutch; Cobra R's; Cobra front and wing
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