No oil coming up through my push rods.

The last time I had oil squirting as high as the fenders, it was a roller-cam LA (with Magnum heads) that had its original direct-oiling (no metering) lifters installed combined with hollow pushrods. Would squirt right through the pushrod and through the Magnum-style rocker onto the fender, at idle.

I'd put a bet to it that you have a combination of AMC lifters from your rebuilder (with direct oil flow) and hollow pushrods. Combine that with the small hole on top of the LA rockers, and you've got a combination that will randomly shoot oil out of one rocker or another depending on the day - or however the engine farted crosswise that week.

My advice? Pull the rockers off one side and look at your pushrods. Hollow, I'd bet. If this is the case, replace all the hollow pushrods with solid rods of the same length. Problem should go away.

Why it didn't give trouble during Power Tour, I can't tell you. That engine I dealt with didn't give trouble until a week after I put it together.

I'll step off my soapbox now and let the experts take over again. RRR, your box.

-Kurt