Thanks Guys. Im kind of excited and relieved to have Jay working on it. I know in advance its going to be a few months away, but this will give me the time (and space) to move the radiator, move the EFI computer (and wiring ) into the car, and clean up some of the wiring mess.
A little sad because I really want to learn as Much as I can. I love this stuff. Maybe if Jay has time, he can post some pictures of what I did wrong, what went wrong, and what was damaged as he slowly goes along..... this way I will know better on the next car I build LOL :0)
Im going to be building a wooden crate to ship it in..... Jay told me of 3 freight carriers he knows of for shipping things as large as an engine.
Still showing the house like 3 times a week to random realtors, so I may be shipping this engine out from my house, but when its done...... might be getting shipped to a new house HAHAHA
As a side note to what Barry was saying, I think the only 2 galleys on a Pond block that are open behind the stub cam sprocket are the 2 that the car retainer plate bolts go in. I ordered special low profile 12 point cam retainer plate (even though this engine does not use the retainer plate itself) to plug the holes. I got the low profile ones so they would not interfere with the back of the stub cam gear. I believe on a standard 427 block, there is a galley that would plug off a line that runs directly down the center of the valley of the block (But on a SOHC Pond Block, the casting is not opened up).
What is weird to me is that I don't remember there being any oil galleys inside the block that needed to be plugged. If I left one off the back of the block, it would pour out of the bell housing. If I left any on the outside, I would see the oil pouring out. On the front of the block, there was a main oil galley plug that went at the bottom on the drivers side as well as the 2 can retainer bolts which I used the low profile 12 points described above. Other than that, I drilled and tapped the stock dipstick location to accept a pipe plug.
On the inside of the block, there is the 2 piece Cam plug that Jay made for me (Sandwiches the 4th cam journal) which allows oil to the Passenger side head, and the stub cam with a groove in the # 2 journal which is supposed to allow oil to go to the Drivers Side head.
The only thing (and I cant find a photo) was the Melling Oil pump. It came with a little bag of stuff to convert the Migh volume pump to high pressure. I chose not to do this, but I wonder if I was supposed to plug something up? Doug from precision didn't mention it when I asked him about the little bag, so I just installed. Maybe there is a galley plug in the oil pump?