oil pump question ?

Well I put an Hv on my 360 for a different reason. I opened up the oil suppy holes to the rocker arms, to supply extra cooing oil to the springs, cause I wanted to run extra pressure there so I could rev the snot out of her, on a little cam. I had alum roller-tipped rockers on non-banana groove shafts, So figured a little extra oil wouldnt hurt.I also opened up the clearance between all the little spacers up there to let the arms move sideways a bit.
What I found out was that my stock Eddies like to accumulate oil up there. And when I entered my first grass auto-cross(grass is so much fun), it seemed like a lot of oil stayed up there, as it filled up the breathers and burned on the headers. Did it pump the pan dry? No, I had a 7qt roadrace pan on it.
So the next winter when I always(at that time) take the motor apart for inspection, I modded it,again. I cut those Eddies. I cut some nice wide shallow drainback channels at the firewall ends(the low ends). Then, knowing that our Mopes like to store oil in those little cupped areas between the lifters, I drilled some holes there too. Yeah I know now it dribbles oil down onto the crank and cam, which supposedly costs power.Hey, its a street motor.It already has more power than the suspension can handle. Well I made those holes just big enough to sloooowly pass hot oil.The idea being that those cups would not store oil there after shut down. Some of us remember the leaded gas era, and how those cups were always full of lead/sludge.
As a sidenote,I did all the other usual oiling mods , at the time of first-build, including port-matching the oilpump to the block,drilling out certain oil passages, extra oil clearances here and there, etc.
So back to the question; With the 7qts in the bottom, no. But how would I know? During the time-trial whos got time to watch the oil gauge? So when I get back to the pits, the best I can do is listen to my lifters, and trust the mods.So far so good.
On the street, I run 5qts. Two gear blasts dont count for much. So far so good. Im at 11 years from that mod, and guessing 80,000 miles or more,from that winter; 125,000 from day-one.
Oh yeah, almost forgot, the drainback channels I cut, seem to be working; no more burning oil on the headers.
Also forgot to mention, I have no oil gauge in the car, other than that oem slowpoke.
The way I figure it, an oil gauge is just there to make me worry. Without it I can enjoy the blasts.I like to keep my eyes on where Im going.If I had a gauge, Id be checking it after every blast. What good is that?If damage occurs during the blast, its all over anyway.So if you check it , after,and alls good, you get a warm feeling inside.I get the same feeling when the lifters are quiet, and the rods aint banging.Its a street engine.It doesnt work that hard.So far so good.
I say, fogetabowdit.