EUREKA ! I FOUND THE ANSWER!!!!!

I made a long distance phone call to the Chevy div of GM and spoke with one of their techs. He had no idea about what I was talking about. He managed to switch me over to an old timer in another section. He and the other old timers had a good laugh at my question. He explained that I was not the only one to ask about that. In the 60's they got hundreds of calls from techs and mechanics wondering how GM got oil to flow uphill...

Get out your pens and pencils 'cause this ones for the books.

Title it..."OPTICAL ILLUSION"

If you stand beside the engine and look down at the head, it appears that the drain holes are on the sides, above the valves next to the rocker arm stud. It looks like the oil will have to flow upwards to the drain holes.


If you go to the front of the engine, squat down and look across the head long ways, you can plainly see that the face of the head is set higher and the drain holes are in a recessed area, well below the valves. The oil will run off the face of the head into the recessed area and down the holes.

Thanks guys for trying to help. I know that this one had you befuddled....Hell, I was sitting here with my left eye looking at my right eye for moral support. This is the first 327 I've worked with. I'm used to 283's and 350's.
I don't feel so dumb...this one stumped the techs and mechanics.