I put that little 177 blower on the Howard and took it out for a shake down run last night. I was very impressed! Hole shot was great,Throttle response was awesome and I got 500 rpm and 6 mph on the top end for a total of 5000 rpm @ 60.2 mph(gps)with an "A" cut and semi pro loader. Now for the bad news. http://www.goldenplasma.f2s.com/forum/smilies/sad17.gif My 454 has always run at 40 lbs of oil pressure. For the first hour last night we had 40 lbs, then it dropped to 20 lbs and finally it was 0 at idle and about 10 lbs at 3000 rpm. So I limped it home. The motor did not get hot, had no lifter tick,no clunks, bangs or anything that would lead me to believe it was a bend push rod or valve train. Any idea's? I will hook up a manual guage right to the block and double check sending unit and guage this afternoon.
PS: BLOWER WHINE IS BITCHN' http://www.goldenplasma.f2s.com/foru...es/happy04.gif
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