Andrew - I got busy and am finally getting back to this. Oil pressure is 20 at first turn of key and goes to 65-68 quickly. Engine oil light went out immediately.
I had my machinist come over today and he brought an external pump (oil) which we used to back flow the engine through the filterhousing. The system with car off held a rock solid 50 PSI throughout the fill. Once finished we reconnected the oil pressure tester and got the above results. It appears that I had air in the system (good call TobyB and Phil, BTW) which was forced out by the back pressure. Car is running normally now.
I had my machinist come over today and he brought an external pump (oil) which we used to back flow the engine through the filterhousing. The system with car off held a rock solid 50 PSI throughout the fill. Once finished we reconnected the oil pressure tester and got the above results. It appears that I had air in the system (good call TobyB and Phil, BTW) which was forced out by the back pressure. Car is running normally now.
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