jldunkle, does this mean you blew up your side oiler because it threw a LeMans rod or what? I guess your buddy blew up his too?
I got mine rev limited at 6000 (paranoid), but I've turned it over 7000 and it pulls STRONG up there! The side oiler was specifically built to tolerate high rpm for extended periods of time, like at LeMans. The center and top oilers were loosing the crankshaft due to inadequate oiling at high and extended rpm.
Reality check, like any of us are running extended time at high rpm!
When someone asks me, "Is that a real 427"? Without qualification or further discussion I can simply answer that with one word, "YUP!" I like to be able to do that.