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Thank you all for the info!, to clarify the block is 10 over right now but it only has about 4 thousand miles on the rebuild, I had no idea back when we rebuilt the motor (twice) that the Cleveland had an oiling issue, and thank god I found this site!, I do not have any good machine shop around here , and the good ones are all chevy , and some ford but mostly 351w,,,actually there is only like 2 machine shops here now. The shop that I had the work done at 15 years ago closed, the guy retired, I wish I knew back then what I know now. The motor will just be for street , but I may romp on it once in a while, no real track time at all. I am just confused as to whether it needs both , lifter bore bushings and cam restrictors? if its only for the street? and im going to run a hydraulic roller so im not sure on the cam restrictors ,, im trying to get this stuff right before I find a good shop, have my ducks in a row , so to speak. I called marvin MacAfee (not sure if I spelled his name right) hes a real nice guy , he came out in some 351c builds, magazines,,,MCE is the shop I believe, I had asked him about the lifter bore bushings and stuff and he kinda seemed like it probably didn't need it , but of course tolerances need to be checked 1st, but it seems like a lot of people don't think the oil system needs attention if its not for race, but I have personally seen my engine eat bearings like nobodys business, and the crank, rods and everything wear within tolerances, so it must have a oil issue,,,when we rebuilt the motor we put a comp cam and lifters in it (flat tappet) with one piece push rods, and clevite bearings,and a high volume melling pump, im thinking the lifters and push rods are letting to much oil to the top but im not sure.

Last edited by George P
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