Similar, A former friend on mine was hell bent on sticking a 454 chevy in a 79 camaro. Local newspaper ad had a 454 "built" for sale. So, off to the seller and the show. The seller had this motor all pretty painted with chrome valve covers and a Moroso cleaner with open headers. The motor is sitting in a 4 door caprice or impala as use for an engine stand. The guy fires it up and it comes alive in quick fashion. Temps look good, but that is from a lollypop thermometer screwed into the water port on the intake. The gauges were not hooked up to the car. The only thing hooked up was the ignition and starter. We did not know how many demonstrations this guy did, but we got the grand finale. Apparently, that fresh built chevy either was short on oil or burned it all off. We could not hear much, because of the open headers. About 15 minutes into the run.... some hard banging. The engine got louder and the dude just went on as usual. It shut down and that was it. Hence- NO SALE. I just spent less than 20 bucks on 5 quarts of Valvoline NON synthetic and a new filter. The Valvoline is the stuff that won't cause you an oil leak. I rant about how good it is all the time. The oil filter is a decent 5 dollar one. I'll change a few times shortly over then next few weeks-so no razz'n on a cheap filter. For a 20 buck investment- it is good insurance.
