OK...... I pulled the 235 2 months ago. I am doing the Cliffords 6=8 mods. Bore out .060, different valves, mill the head .100, redo the valve train, the whole shebang as they advertise on their web site.
The machinist doing the work told me I have no oil pressure galleries in the block to feed the hydraulic lifters (this was previously a solid lifter engine). He and I, am concerned, since I have purchased the hydraulic lifter/camshaft option. I have spoken with Cliffords, and they have assured me this setup will work fine, since the oil flowing down (via gravity and excess rocker arm flow) from the head/rocker arm area is sufficient to feed the hydraulic lifters. Anyone out there who has done this mod please let me know. I am concerned as to the actual functionality of this setup. If this is not going to work, I will have to return the camshaft, lifters, pushrods, and other parts. Thanks for any help. Tom
