Thread: Freshly Built 383, Oil question

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i was kind of scratching my head with the oil question . You should be making a mess with oil. What kind of oil pressure are you running? Were oil Restrictors used in the back of the block? I use them for solid cam's, but never for a hydraulic. Even with Restrictors in on a solid roller cam i still make a bit of an oil mess.

ha clearences who needs them? how hot was the oil was motor up to temp?what weight oil are u using? how long after u adjusted was it running u have to give the lifters time to bleed down. just jokeing bout the clearence .035 is prolly min. i always heard .060 but never built a racing motor either

Gonna get a direct reading oil pressure gauge today the car only has an idiot light. Oil is 15w/40 brand new, oil pump is mellings high volume. Never heard of block restrictors for oil what and were would these be. The only thing I know that causes bad oil pressure is excessive clearances, but being new find that hard to believe, gauge should tell all, just a bit surprised that it was weeping out of the top of the roller rockers not spraying, could also be a function of the roller rocker to not to sure about that but. Im gonna have to pull the heads of again and run thicker gaskets but like to know about the oil problem if there is one before I start stripping it back down
Thanks Steve