Thread: Oil pressure woes

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Test Test test.....LET ME POST!

Ok, I dont know wtf is going on, but Ive tried posting 4 times and all I get is "post will not be visible until moderator approval"...

Regardless, i tore it all the way down. Cam bearings are sacked out. #3 1 hole bearing installed at 6:00 is wasted. Cams ok thank god.

I had this block line bored due to #3 main journal being machined wrong, but now I guess it was core shift and the cam bearing is also out of place. Either way, on the hunt for a new block. Will transplant all my stuff over to it once bored/squared/decked/mag'd.

As for the questions:
No oil restrictors in back of block, installed npt plugs in lifter valley drains and drilled them to .250 to limit some windage but not redirect all oil to front/back. Front galley plugs are npt allen, not press in type.
600 solid roller, 1.5 rocker, 240# seat pressure
7400 driving on road 1-2 upshift
Milodon 7qt pan with matching pickup, .375 off of the bottom of pan
Clearances checked with Brown and sharp mic's, and telescopic snap memory gauges during assembly
Plug in block under rear main cap
Idle high due to 38 locked timing and leaner AFR. If I fatten it up to low 13s on WB I can idle it down lower and it wont die in gear. Car has spent a lot of idle time in garage, hence the 13.9AFR setting but it lugs in gear due to tight converter...its out now and getting loosened up.
No O rings as block isnt chamfered and it kept shearing them no mater how much lube or how delicate I tried to be.