: I have been reading the op failure stories and
: had a question. Are all (or most) of the
: failures on racing motors? If they are not
: all raced motors then perhaps there should
: be another section on the matrix to help
: identify the top rpm levels the motor has
: seen and the driving habits (amount of full
: throttle accelerations) or the like.
:
: My Question is how many of these failed on
: street motors say under 5000-5500, even high
: performance street motors?

: We have seen the failures mostly with
: performance rebuilds but also in
: "street" type rebuilds.
: I have to wonder if the average user out there,
: who has a failure, even knows about us or
: our efforts, so we may never know how many
: of the stock applications are failing.
: Melling tells me they continue to sell about
: 10,000 SL6 oil pumps each year! (most go to
: Mexico / South Am.)
:
: We know that some stock applications do fail,
: the most recent in a mid 60s Truck set-up
: for a low RPM application. The Cox Boys
: helped with that engine build-up and
: reported that the pump gear fauled with-in
: the first 500 miles. It was replaced with a
: used gear off a factory pump and so far, no
: reoccurance.
: DD

:
: I have been reading the op failure stories and
: had a question. Are all (or most) of the
: failures on racing motors? If they are not
: all raced motors then perhaps there should
: be another section on the matrix to help
: identify the top rpm levels the motor has
: seen and the driving habits (amount of full
: throttle accelerations) or the like.
:
: My Question is how many of these failed on
: street motors say under 5000-5500, even high
: performance street motors?
:
: Thank you

:
: I've recently experienced an oil pressure
: failure. I haven't pulled the motor or
: performed an autopsy. I don't know the
: history of the motor. It was not the
: original motor but I suspect it was never
: rebuilt. The oil pressure just failed to
: come up at start-up one day. It was
: installed in a 4 spd '66 Cuda w/ some heavy
: suspension mods. I drove it pretty hard. If
: I had to guess, I suspect it was approaching
: 200K miles. If anybody is interested, I'll
: post the 'post mortem', so to speak.