Hi all , up and running , sounds good ! Put the dizzy back in to spot on the marks i lined it up on when removing , let her warm up and put the timing light on and it was 10 deg dtdc , before it was 6 deg dtdc .With the cam running at half crank revs , does this mean the cam was 2 deg retarded due to the streached timing chain ? Any hoo , set it to 6 btdc .
Oil pressure was around 30 psi hot tickover , but when held at 2500 rpm it was above the 60 psi , not so good for a v8 i believe ? So in a moment of inspiration i took the new pressure relief spring out and compared it to the old one ( the new plunger slid out with it so not sticking ) the old spring was about 3/4 mm shorter and not quite as tensioned , so i put that back in with the new plunger . Fired her up and had just on the 60 psi at 2500 rpm so happier with that . Haven't road tested yet ran short of time . I know it'll get the oil hotter on a run , so should drop a little more . Was wondering if it still seems to high could i fit a second copper sealing washer between the nut and the pump body to take a little more pressure off the relief spring ???
Still got the engine driven fan on at the moment , got my tame mechanic coming to help wire it into the shunt properly , and bypass the ignition ballast while the dash is out , still running off the washer bottle , never been happy with that really !
Any hoo , left her out in a thunder storm to wash the dust off and chamoised her off after tea . Looking good