I am no expert but I run low tension napier second, low tension oil and top rings, the fresh short block (410 SB) would turn over like an old worn out 273 with glazed over walls that burns a ton of oil but this thing never uses oil. This is basically the ring recipe that GM used on the LS motors to fix the oil consumption issues they had. I am running diamond pistons, dont remember the number but we set them to the tightest diamond recomended.

I would also run the bearings all on the tight end of acceptible with a high quality shop doing the work to make sure they are in all the specs like taper, roundness, diameter... everything, not just a quick check of diameter in one place. This will lower oil volume through the engine and a good oil pan and windage tray set up. Then you can run a standard volume pump and keep everything lubed while reducing excess oil on the cylinder walls.

No reason a hemi has to use a bunch of oil.


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