383 thru pushrod oiling modifications

dartlove said

Not sure if this is the right place for this thread , but here it goes.
I am in the process of building a stroked 383 for my strictly race 64 dart. I want to go with a thru pushrod oiling up top. Can anybody give some advice on how to go about this properly?
From everything I have read the #4 cam bearing is the life source up there. I don't want to get things all messed up.

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Pushrod oiling is fairly simple to accomplish, just buy pushrod oiling lifters and oiling pushrods. That is all it takes. I run pushrod oiling in any big block that is going to have a lot of spring pressure just to reduce the odds on burning up a pushrod cup.

The next question is if you are going to run shaft oiling + pushrod oiling or just pushrod oiling. Depending on the application you can run shaft + pushrod, or pushrod only, or pushrod + spring oiling, etc. It all just depends on the duty cycle on the engine as well as the type of rocker arm assembly that you are using. T&D rocker arms oil thru the pushrod for example while Jesel rocker arms can use either pushrod or spray bar oiling.