well I think I hit a strip of luck, When I pulled the pan the other day and took out the old 235 oil pump and looked at the oil screen and pump to block tube, they appear to be a match for my 261 in that all the fittings hook up and are the same size and appear to be the right length and shape, so baring any crazy misfortune I think my problem is solved on that front, and when I get a couple of minutes I'll start putting that 261 together but I gotta drill my 848 head and get the springs swapped out for my patricks comp springs, maybe I'll port and polish it at the local shop, a guy there says he'll do it for 250 bucks and back cut the valves, and I think 20 extra HP? would be nice, that sound about right, 20?
