Rebuilt 360, excessive oil consumption

oldwirebender said
The intake was new, never used. Just for the heck of it, I laid the intake back on the engine and tried to reinstall the bolts. Nothing seemed to line up correctly. I got all the bolts started, but nothing was lined up right. They seemed to be in a bind. When I Installed the iron intake, everything went on perfectly.

hmmm. so your machinist fk'd up when assembling it by not mocking it up and correcting any issues, not to say the intake is perfect either....but that should have been caught.

If you stick an intake on the block w/heads 'no gasket'...with a good light behind it, you would see the off angle/gaps.