Dirty Dog,
I think you'll be pleased with the Precision
Oil Pump parts. I've purchased their parts, they make good stuff!
After reading all of this, I'm just surprised (and lucky) I didn't have a major failure back in the '60's. I hotrodded several FE combinations; mostly stock except for cam swaps, headers and bigger carbs. All using stock Ford rocker arms, both adjustable and non-adj, and the only FE failure I had was a timing chain stretched and jumped a few teeth on a warmed over 390 after 100,000+ miles of hard driving. Luckily no bent valves, etc.
I'm amazed at all of the FE knowledge that everyone has posted here. I've incorporated that info on my current build; FE
oil mods, roller rockers w/end stands and shaft spacers, timing advance (initial and total), etc. All of this stuff has changed for the better since the 60's! Today we are in better shape for FE stuff than ever before.