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All the pan stuff is stock Aviaid including the reversion baffle, pickup & brace. Tack-welding the stock screw-in pump pickup (once done to stock pickups) to the body has been know to heat-treat the pressure relief spring very close to the area in question. And it really screws with replacing a pump! I don't use nylocks submerged in hot oil- nylocks (as the name says) are plastic and soften. I'd safety-wire the Aviaid bolts. And finally, a STD pump will be just fine for the street and limited open track.

The solid roller cam also has needle bearings in each of its 16 lifters; pull each pair as I mentioned and inspect closely for damage to wheels & bearings. It's more common to lose needles from a solid-roller lifter than from a roller rocker. The drain-back passages in the Yates C-3 heads should be mechanically cleared as well. Those li'l needles (rocker or other) often get washed forward and tangle with the timing chain.