Oil questions will bring a myrid of answers, most of them just opinions that are of little concrete use.. One thing that is factual, is that oils intended for use in "modern car engines" have by design  & political influence, had their anti scuff additives reduced & are usually low viscosity oils. Those oils are usually sold with the "pinwheel gear" on the front label. Those oils are intended for  modern "roller lifter" valve trains & are not the best choise for solid lifter engines, particularly for " break-in" of a solid lifter engine... Beyond that, I won't waste your time with other irrelevant opinion..        


Paul

The fact that Ted Eaton uses Valvoline 10-40 conventional oil in his builds is good enough for me.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Oil type is subjective and everyone will have a different opinion. I've been running Vavoline 10-30 conventional in one engine and Joe Gibbs 10-30 in another. Thousands of miles on both and no problems. I don't believe in additives and don't buy the ZDDP BS. Any oil today still has more ZDDP then oils had in the 50-60's and with the light pressure of stock valve springs there shouldn't be a problem.

John,
What oil do you recommend ?
Rottella 5W40 ?
Regular Oil with Lucas ZDDP additive ?
Joe Gibbs Hot Rod oil ?
Regular Oil with 1 btl STP ?

Looking forward to you thoughts,
Tim in Florida.....Crown Vic w/312 

All my classic friends are scruby and Dodge people.

Tim:

Thanks for the follow-up.  Hopefully it will solve someone else's heating problem or prevent its happening to someone else.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Tim, do you know of any other Florida Y Block fans that would like to get together?   We are in Central Florida.  Thanks!

John,
Head heating problem solved. The head we installed was originally on the right and had a small coke bottle cap plug. When we installed the head, it was on the left side and we didn't remove the plug. Coolant was blocked, therefore, over heating on one side.
Problem solved.
Tim
FFF (FLORIDA FORD FAN)

John,
We'll look into that possibility about a gasket without a hole completly punched out.
Just like the "hanging chad" during the Bush/Gore election. 

Tim in Florida

Tim:
Another thought came to me in the middle of the night.  Since the timing cover has been off, could something be blocking the hole into the front of the block, like maybe a gasket that didn't get the hole punched out?

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"