Priming oil pump/pressure before first startup?

[bchaney]

How do you guys do it? I was thinking I'd pull the plugs and crank it by hand a couple of times... how many?

I've read about Doug's method here here but I don't have an empty nitrous bottle or a compressor. Is it really a good idea to put oil on top of the pistons?

Looking to start her up tonite.

[talonXracer]

You shouldnt have any issues with the ring's/cylinder walls as long as they were not wiped clean of oil during assembly.

I have also used one of those mighty-vac's used to do brakes as a way to add oil into the main oil galley prior to starting through the oil pressure sender port.

[bchaney]

How'd you get it to seal on the oil sender hole? It doesnt look like it comes with a 1/8" NPT fitting. How do you get it to pump rather than vacuum?

I don't think there's any oil on the cylinder walls - unless they use some type of lubricant for honing.

[talonXracer]

You are just adding oil into the oil galleys, no fitting required, I used the rubber tip to press the mighty-vac gun to provide a seal and pumped away, about 1.5 quarts of oil. This greatly reduces the time for them to fill up while the engine is first started and supply oil pressure.