Originally Posted By pittsburghracer
Common on chevies but rare on mopars but you may have to drop the pan to check the oil pickup. How did the oil filter look as far as contamination. Good, bad. If bad it has to come apart anyway. If it’s a pump at least they are pretty cheap. If it’s bearings, not so much.


Filter looked good so I put it back on, pulled distr. and primed with a drill, had to rev drill pretty good but have pressure at gauge and to the rockers. If I remember correctly I have a 10-30 weight oil where I usually run the 20-50 Valvoline race oil (they were out)

can the change in viscosity make that big of a difference?
or possibly oil pump getting weak?


footbrake N/A SB 408 Scamp 10.10 @ 132 street/strip
73 Duster 340 street strip 12.79 @ 105