Great information guys. The car only has 1200 miles on it. It has a high flow
oil pump. I was only reading 10 psi at idle and 20 psi at speed on a mechanical
oil gauge. As you can probably tell I am hardly a gear head. I have a mechanic that works for me doing most of the work and have the heads and short block at a reputable machine shop being hot dipped and gone over. And yes the pistons are different they are not domed but have the clearance of the huge valves of the cleveland heads cut into them. I am leaning towards staying with my current set up but would not mind putting in a few extras if I could keep it in the $ 3,000.00 range. 4 of the rod bearings were spun all towards the backside of the motor. Keep the info. coming I am like a big sponge taking it all in.
