I think it's done(ish)?
Got the hood back on and aligned as well as most of the A/C system reinstalled except for one hose.
Took out out tonight for a longer cruise and it performed great. Oil pressure is great at cruise speed at 70+ psi. Once it's hot the oil pressure settles in around 40psi at idle and immediately spikes back up to 70+ as soon as the RPMs go up. The rear main and pan are bone dry.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to go for a new converter and retire the Continental. After driving it around, it needs just a little bit (few hundred rpm) more stall at cruise put it in the power band.
Gonna polish it up and give it a quick cleaning so we can make it to the first cruise night of the season tomorrow
I want to reiterate my thanks to everyone who contributed to this build. I learned a ton and it's really satisfying to know exactly what's in my engine.
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Ken
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