Measure your thrust bearing to see how much wear was done when the convertor thrust-ed forward. All that crap was floating around your oiling system probably taking out the bearings.

1970 Duster
Edelbrock headed 408
5.984@112.52
422 Indy headed small block
5.982@112.56 mph
9.42@138.27

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