Thank you all. I am so stoked to get the help on this. What is the procedure to prime the oil system, start it with the distributor wires removed so it wont fire? If so how long do you recommend to crank it over to fully prime everything? I added a bottle of COMP CAMS 159 12 OZ ENGINE BREAK-IN ZINC ZDDP OIL ADDITIVE LUBE to the oil and lathered the cam and bottom of the lifters with break in lube.
Since I have your ear: I bought a HEI distributor and a new old stock points distributor before this work because I thought to was the ignition system causing the carb to pop when giving it gas then I thought it was the timing chain so new gears and chain but I was wrong obviously, it was a rounded cam lobe. What are your thoughts on HEI vs a points ignition? If I keep the points ignition I am installing a point eliminator kit from Accel part#2010 which I bought already and I also have ab Accel Super Stack performance Coil part#8140. I also bought new 8.5mm Spark Plug Wires for the points ignition.
One more thing: since I don't have locking rocker arm nuts on my rockers should I buy them or are the stock nuts ok? 7/16 locking rock arm nuts I think for $17 better safe than sorry correct? And are they 7/16?
