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Whole lot of difference between 30wt and 50wt. I'm not 100% with you on this because I've been thru this. I don't like heavy oils and use straight 30wt as my limit but an hv pump will only make very marginal low rpm differences and I think he already has an hv pump on the engine. There are no...

A snapped driveshaft is commonly from a piece of crap getting sucked in locking up the pump.. otherwise there's no reason the shaft would just " break"

Brand new, never used, Chrysler 485hp small block crate engine. We had planned to install this engine into a Dodge Street car project however due to health issues we decided to stop the project and sell the parts. It was stored for some time so we had it internally inspected and it's in great...

This is an interesting perspective. I have been thinking about this subject and have dealt with oil pressure lower than I'd prefer, despite a fresh rebuild with bearing clearances. I used a standard oil pump when I built the engine in 2022. I didn't like the pressure but read about changing the...

This is what I get for running my mouth. But at least I didn’t put any oil down. Saturday after my second pass the engine was running rough on the return road and the oil pressure seemed a little low. But it was only 15 minutes between runs so the oil was pretty hot. I nosed the car into the...

This first chart procedure was posted for me to use by someone that responded to a different post. I used this method and it resulted in loud clatter. I don't know if it was poor lifter preload smacking valve stems because of a lack of oil pressure or valves smacking the piston. The noise did...

There is just one, under the rear main cap (SBC also has one). It is usually a 9/16" freeze plug, measure it to be sure.

Low oil pressure at idle means oil is internally leaking faster than with factory clearance. Where? More than likely lifter bores. Possibly some extra bearing clearance as well. Can you do anything about the lifter bore short of bushing them. Or reaming for a larger lifter? No. Obviously the cam...

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Have been hooking more stuff up for a week or so. Ended up having to add an MSD6 unit in the mix as it would not light without it. Supposedly it ran when he bought it. So...either the seller pulled a fast one on him when he wasn't looking, kept the unit, or it fell off during the transport home...

1970 Ralley dash on a RR. Been having issues with either no oil pressure showing on the gauge or it pegs past 80 lbs. I am on the third sending unit and no change. Decided to change the gauge itself. Still nothing. I also have the RTE voltage limiter. And the wiring is 10 yr old M&H. I need some...

Anyone that has tinkered with cars has at least one, right? The car you wanted that was sold before you got there, the one that was stolen, the one that broke down all the time.... I have a few. This one guy I used to know built a Challenger. He was in his late 40s before he could afford to buy...

Good advice, Thanks.

Hey all trying to figure this issue out before I tear the motor back apart I'm getting oil out of the gauge port port but not enough to read any pressure. I'm using lucas sae30 break in oil with zddp not sure if that oil is too thick? I checked the oil pump and it seems fine. As a last...

While trying to chase down an extremely loud, intermittent valvetrain tick, I found my rocker assembly in the following condition. I'm no expert, but it looks like one issue is lack of oil, judging by the scuff marks. Not sure if it happened when the engine was built or recent. If current, that...

"Zinc" or "ZDDP" as an engine oil additives are actually zinc dialkyldithiophosphates. Think of this stuff like salt. You pour salt in water and dissolve it. Now you have salt water. You can pour it through a sock, an oil filter, cheesecloth, whatever - and you still have salt water You...

No it should not change your timing. Just helps get rid of pressure and oil blow by.

I have found no one wants to know about warranty when it means shipping to Australia I May have found the answer when the started from cold it takes 4 to 5 seconds for the oil to start pumping out the lifters if i open up the restrictors to speed up the process my oil pressure starts to drop...

Well, its used for systems with low or no pressure.

The factory gauges do fail. I had a gauge that would read fine but then randomly drop to zero. My gauge first did this about 300 miles from home and had me worried. The engine did not knock or rattle but it still worried me. I tried different sending units and saw no change at all with any of...