Last night I primed the engine with the drill for several minutes, also turning the engine over from time to time to cycle the S/R lifters. The oil was flowing really well over the rollers in the lifters, however, I wasn't getting "any" flow up to the Jesel shaft rockers.
By compairson, last year when I primed my GM block LT-4 race engine with S/R cam and Comp lifters, the oil was flowing "big time" up the push-rods to the shaft rockers.
So, I removed the restrictors which were installed by the machine shop to look them over. They were 1/4" NPT plugs w/ a .100" hole. So, I drilled them out to .130" and plan to recheck everything tonight (run the primer again).
Additionally, I talked with the tech people at Howards about the Pro-Max lifters and the top oiling issue. They thought the restrictors with a .130" hole was the correct option for my engine and that it would oil the top end once it was actually running. And not getting any top flow while priming was typical, I just need to check to make sure the top is oiling after is has been run a short time.
Warren