Pushrod oiling - do I need it?
I am in the process of finishing up my 416" and have been checking the pushrod length and geometry. Reading up on all this stuff made a light go off in my head. Do I need to convert to pushrod oiling? The reason I'm asking is because I am considering getting a set of cup adjuster screws which have a choice of an oil hole or not.
I've never dealt with pushrod oiling so I'm not sure what I'd need to do to convert to that style. The oil system is standard, basically just an HV72 oil pump (slightly enlarged/smoothed inlet passage). Block is not tubed, no crossover line in the lifter galley. Bearing clearances are .0025". Half groove main and rod bearings.
The lifters I am using (Comp 8043) have a provision for pushrod oiling. The roller wheels are pressure fed on these. Problem is, the rocker arms (Hughes ) do not have pushrod oiling provisions as far as I can tell. There is an oil hole in the top for the shaft and the shaft bore is half-grooved.
With the previous combo from several years ago, (SFT, same rockers though) going up to about 6,500 there was no issue. The pushrods were solid, at least on the bottom. Don't remember exactly what the oil pressures were. I have a solid roller now which will rev higher, maybe 7,000 or more. This will be a street car that will see drag strip duty when time allows. I am aware I'm not supposed to idle the thing for long periods of time or run it wide open for hours on end. I kno the pushrod geometry cn be hard on the tips if the angles get crazy but I think I'm actually OK in that regard.
Honestly, I'd rather not have to deal with converting it and most likely will just let it fly with the standard shaft oiling. The short block is together and I'm not real keen on taking it back apart to drill into the galleys and/or spend another $1,300 on rockers that pushrod oil. Now would be the time to do it though before I button it up for good so if there is a 100% consensus I will consider it.
Thanks,
Greg