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The saga continues..... By cuzncletus - 12/21/2004 5:43:43 PM; IP 68.220.40.7 of my camshaft eating engine. Here's a new problem. The engine builder test fired the engine. Shortly into the break-in it dropped all oil pressure. Examination showed the oil pump shaft wrung in two. Cause: the parts buyer (me) bought a high pressure pump for a 427. The builder said it generated 40 lbs. of pressure when he spun the pump with a speed wrench by hand! Solution: Pump for a 428 and a heavy duty pump shaft. (Thought I already had one of those, durn it.) Hope this helps someone. "You can learn by a bad example as well as by a good example."

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Skip Navigation Links. The saga continues..... -- cuzncletus, 12/21/2004  Thanks for sharing. And, yes - high pressure is for racing... -- Mr F, 12/21/2004  RE: The saga continues..... -- giacamo, 12/23/2004

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