The problem I'm having is when the oil warms up. The needle on the mechanical gauge will vibrate so bad, the needle is invisible. I've replaced the oil pump twice. Replaced the distributor. By passed the oil filter. By passed the oil cooler. Plugged the oil inlet and ran the oil filter right on the block. Moved the oil pressure line for the gauge from the front to the back of the block. Just recently pulled the timing cover expecting to see a lose cam gear. Everything looked ok. The wear pattern on the distributor gear looks good. I'm going to send in the damper and have it rebuilt. I don't really think that going to help any. The only thing I've done different from the many Clevor engines I built was I used a Dart sportsman block. Witch has priority main oiling.
I just put together a Dart Ford 351 sportsman block with PowerPort Cleveland 225 cylinder heads. The rotating assembly is a Scat 3.85 stroker with Cleveland mains and Chevy rod journals, 6.200 H-beam rod with Racetech pistons. The cam is a hydraulic roller with oem style lifters. The oiling system is a seven quart pan with a melling high pressure pump still driven off the distributor. It has e remote oil filter and cooler, all ran with #10 line. It has a double roller timing chain and a ATI damper steel hub aluminum housing. It has a TKO transmission behind it with 164 aluminum flywheel and a Mcleod dual clutch. Running a true10w-30 synthetic oil. Red Line or Royal Purple.
I just put together a Dart Ford 351 sportsman block with PowerPort Cleveland 225 cylinder heads. The rotating assembly is a Scat 3.85 stroker with Cleveland mains and Chevy rod journals, 6.200 H-beam rod with Racetech pistons. The cam is a hydraulic roller with oem style lifters. The oiling system is a seven quart pan with a melling high pressure pump still driven off the distributor. It has e remote oil filter and cooler, all ran with #10 line. It has a double roller timing chain and a ATI damper steel hub aluminum housing. It has a TKO transmission behind it with 164 aluminum flywheel and a Mcleod dual clutch. Running a true10w-30 synthetic oil. Red Line or Royal Purple.