There are a couple of pieces of information missing.

How large of a pan and what oil temp?

Idle oi pressure don't really mean a whole lot. As long as you have 15 PSI or above, I don't sweat it....  That being said, fresh engine? take out form a truck at the bent bumper yard? There are some internal bypasses for an external oil cooler that need to be checked out, but I would ditch that oil, run a good filter and run a higher weight diesel oil, like a 15-40 Rotella or similar, it's dirt cheap and will work fine for your application.

I like straight weight oils for two reasons.... 1, you will not be running your boat in the dead of winter at freezing temperatures unless you live in Canada...., 2, there are a large amount of polymers put into oil to play around with the multi vis oils, this takes away (ever so slightly) the desirable lubrication properties of good oil.... A straight viscosity oil has non of these polymers...  But again, really difficult to find off the shelf.

It sounds to me like either the engine is a little tired, or the oil is getting silly hot, both of which are reasons to go to a higher viscosity oil..

Just my opinion without the advantage of taste, touch and smell....


GT

Trigger wire from distributor straight to the negative dose of the coil,  12v to the positive side of the coil,  disconnect the box and hit the key.

GT

A quick check of the firing order on the cap?
Counter clockwise from number 1:  15426378

Short builders tip-

When the timing chain 'dots' are lined up, the engine will be firing on the cylinder that is 180* from #1. (#6 on a BBF, BBC, SBC)

After the motor is buttoned up, turn the crank 1 full turn before dropping the dizzy in.

Dan'l

yes, 180* out would mean that it is trying to fire on the exhaust stroke instead of compression.

1 more thing to check is make sure your firing order is in the correct direction it could be all right but going in the wrong direction.

Is it backfiring out of the carb at all?


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Does he know that ford firing order and say Chevy firing order is not the same? Just checking... Someone that has never played with a ford that can throw them off lol


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