[Dave at Pelican Parts]

The rocker box should usually be above the level of oil in the sump when the engine is off. The way oil is supposed to get there is by traveling up the inside of the hollow pushrods. In practice, it also sloshes out the pushrod tubes when the car develop lateral Gs in a turn, and I think windage from the crank spinning actually throws oil up the pushrod tubes on one side as well.

Did you spill any oil while you were filling the engine? I have done that--spilled a small amount of oil while filling, to come back later and find a HUGE pool of oil on the ground under the motor... I think oil grows by at least a factor of 10 between the bottle and the floor.

--DD