Thanks again guys. Will close up the rocker box until I've had some road miles on the engine.(after brake work, but that's another story.)
Volfandt, my oil pressure pretty much matches book figures, but here in SoCal the temperatures never drop low enough to peg the gauge during warmup like my previous stovebolts used to.
Quick story: Back when I was in my last year of high school in Trenton, New Jersey, driving my '38 business coupe, my Air National Guard unit was federalized during the Korean war. I had done well in the qualifying exams and was sent to Wright Pat AFB. The Chev was about to meet the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which then had a speed limit set at 70 MPH. Naturally, I had to try it. At the first Howard Johnson stop , I gassed up and checked the oil- 2+ quarts low with much of it on the firewall. I slowed down to about 60-65 and still spent almost three bucks on 35 cent a quart oil getting to Dayton. Was later told that stovebolts would run forever at 60 but last maybe three hours at 65. Good thing I had a fast speedometer like most cars of that day. Was back and forth on the Turnpike at least four times (at reasonable speed) with no problems.
Bill
