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The Big Green · 10-28-2009, 10:29 AM

A shop here in town built my smallblock. Trucks been running for like 4 years and it does just fine, still going strong. It's my little drag truck. Here's the deal, it carries about 50psi while at normal hwy speeds, but 12-15psi at idle, maybe a few numbers lower. It doesn't smoke, doesn't make any noises and should have anywhere from 6,000-8,000miles on it. It's plenty broke in and it gets shifted at 6,200-7,000, and has been to 9 a couple times. It's ARPed and has main studs, every bolt in the engine is ARP. It has a Mellings high volume pump. What's the deal here?

10-28-2009, 10:29 AM	#1
The Big Green Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fort Smith,AR Posts: 1,304	Oil pressure problem A shop here in town built my smallblock. Trucks been running for like 4 years and it does just fine, still going strong. It's my little drag truck. Here's the deal, it carries about 50psi while at normal hwy speeds, but 12-15psi at idle, maybe a few numbers lower. It doesn't smoke, doesn't make any noises and should have anywhere from 6,000-8,000miles on it. It's plenty broke in and it gets shifted at 6,200-7,000, and has been to 9 a couple times. It's ARPed and has main studs, every bolt in the engine is ARP. It has a Mellings high volume pump. What's the deal here?