A friend and I bought Demons in 2017. He drives his a lot. It has over 60,000 miles on it. I'm imagine his is the highest mileage and lowest value in the country. But he's had more fun with it than anyone else has had with theirs. And that's what matters. Have fun and enjoy your car. Mopar...
It's not a Chevy. The pickup can't "fall off". It screws in, and it can't "screw out". It will be an interesting day. But it looks like you're on track and will soon have this problem fixed. Sorry for your pain but at least you have a handle on it.
Those look like very good cores. Real nice. The way those accelerator pump levers are made I would guess 1979. They look more period correct. I was hoping they would have had the tags still on them. But still nice.
Ok, I think I got to the bottom of it. Holley used 3 digit date codes until the early 70's. So they didn't come on a new Dart or Barracuda. The ones for my old 65 are dated 404. So that's the 4th week of October 1964. So that is what would be proper for a new 1965 Super Stock Dodge or Plymouth...
They didn't come on 64-65 wedges. 4235/4236 are 68 Dart/Cuda. (Crossram carbs). I will look up the dates for you to see what you have. Obviously, originals that came on these cars are probably worth more money. They repopped them forever and I only paid $500 each for the last Holley remans I...
That sounds good. Use the high volume pump instead. Melling M-63HV. These engines are old and have more clearance than they did 50 years ago. The high pressure pump is just a stock pump with a Hemi spring in it. It doesn't pump more oil. With todays clearances they sometimes won't give you...
I think you've ran it enough. From here I think you should diagnose by turning the oil pump with a priming tool and a 3/8" reversible drill.
Things that can cause your oil pump to suck air.
A damaged gasket between the oil pump and the block.
A damaged o-ring on the stub shaft that fits into the...
Yes .004" will cause you to lose oil pressure because of your lack of volume. Use your old HV pump. A new stock 440 is really tight like .0015". But you don't have a new stock 440. Everybody that builds a stroker wants .0025" to .0035". This means there is going to be a lot more oil flowing...
This is an interesting 2 minute video from Melling showing the oil flow through various main bearing clearances. You can't believe how tight the 1970 FSM says to run the main and rod clearance on a 440. And the Mopar B/RB manual says max allowable before overhaul just happens to be the minimum...
Just spend a little time thinking about your oil needs. With today's larger clearances everywhere you pretty much know you need the HV pump to maintain oil pressure at hot idle. The HV pump comes with the black spring, sometimes called the "Hemi" spring which bypasses around 70-75 psi. If you're...
In the old days 426 Hemi Top Fuel cars used the stock oil drive. There was nothing else available. Cold 70 weight oil and wide open throttle 100 psi going down the track. How are you going to break one? There is so much mis-information spread about the BBM oiling system it's unbelievable.