Reply to "351C trouble."

In your original paets list, you mentioned a bunch of aftermarket parts. By chance was not mentioned an oil restrictor kit? Because the restrictor kits go into the main bearing-to-cam bearing passsages and one is provided to restrict oil to one bank of lifters.... IF you're running a solid lifter cam. If you're running hydraulics, especially fast-bleed hydraulic lifters, you leave that restrictor out. Otherwise, oil starvation will occur to all the left-side lifters.Nothing's free, you know- fast-bleeds use more oil than normal hydraulics. Distasteful though it may be right now, I would totally disassemble the engine and scrub it clean. First, you need to catalgue all the stuff thats wwasted. Second, all that iron went somewhere and is likely just waiting for a chance to pop out in your new motor. Don't be like the racer that blew up seven (7.0) engines in a row in his stock-car by re-using the same not-too-clean baffled pan & oil cooler after each blow-up.