Oh happy day - I got my engine running finally!

[toms68cst]

My neighbor finally made it over to help me start up my newly rebuilt 327. Everything went fine except that I timed the distributer off a little. We figured it out and corrected that OK.

I'm so relieved after all the things that went wrong a few weeks ago filling fluids. I've been having nightmares about it. All I have to do is reinstall the heater core, Install the carpet/soundproofing and find insurance and I'll be ready for a drive!

One quick question, When we first started the engine up the oil pressure gauge was very high - almost pegging the dash gauge. After the engine ran for a while the gauge would sit at 1/4 at idle going up to half- 3/4 when we revved it. Are these normal readings? I don't really remember how it read before the rebuild or if they should be higher for a newly rebuilt engine.

Once we get the ability to post pictures I take some fresh snap shots.