Excessive oil usage/burning FE

[ZOERA-SC7XX]

Heads are old rebuilt and appeared to have top shelf workmanship. I have no problem assembling/disassembling the intake, heads, whatever needs to be done. My only question after seeing your schematic is the rocker assemblies. I rebuilt them using spacers and shims from DSC Motorsports, but I did not notice a difference between right side and left. The oil holes in the shafts are lined up properly with the rocker arms. The fit and function are fine. What it this 'notch' they mention?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by ZOERA-SC7XX

What it this 'notch' they mention?

That is the ever-important "Identification Notch." Note that I have edited my previous post to include the preceding page of the manual that talks about it in an extra bold font to emphasize how important the Ford engineers deemed it to be.

[patrickt]

... here's a post by a fella that had his notch going the wrong way, suffered smoke and oil consumption, and fixed it by putting the rocker shafts back in with the correct configuration -- all on a new build, I might add. http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182...99306768/smoke