Hey, congratulations! It's great to hear you're getting it back on the road
soon.
On the oil pressure thing - the gauge should always read the pressure at the
block since there is no oil flow down the line to the pressure gauge. No flow,
no pressure drop. When the copper line on my Tiger got real scary I replaced it
with some -3 Earl's hydraulic hose - the stainless braided Teflon type.
Theo
"Ronak, TP (Timothy)" wrote:
> Listers,
> After much searching for bits and the help of Paul Parretti I was able to
> get my Tiger fired. The Lunati 350 Stroker fired on the first try of the key
> but I had the wrong wire from the Ballast resistor hooked to the coil so it
> would only fire while cranking. 1 minute later I fixed it and it ROARED to
> life. The entire neighborhood came to see it fire. It was kind of loud
> without the mufflers but it sure sounds "bitchen". It has a very loapy
> idle.
> Hey did I say that it runs?
> The only small things found on the road test (That is another story open
> headers and all) is that the oil pressure is low idling at around 30 pounds
> but shoots up to 50+ at 2500 RPM. I am just wondering if anyone else has had
> any weird oil pressure issues with the factory replacement line as it seems
> very soft when it gets hot. This could be decreasing the actual oil pressure
> at the gauge.
> The next thing is that while out on the drive I thought I would stab the
> throttle and pull second gear quick only to find that it would not go in
> $*#?. Has anyone else had this problem with a newly redone toploader? Will
> it wear in or am I SOL. I am running Mobil 1 80-90 synthetic in the trans
> and Chevron 20-50 in the engine.
> Hey did I say that it runs?
> I may have to pull the pan as the pan was really tough to put back on in the
> car and the rear seal on the pan may not be sealing as well as I would like.
> Hey did I say that I got it running?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Tim Ronak
> Business Development Manager
> Akzo Nobel Coatings
> OFF: (949) 305-5393
> VM: (800) 234-6747 ext. 2257#
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