I switched to Brad penn oil and my idle oil psi dropped about 8-10 psi. I would try a different oil.

Yes, like JericoGTX said, Lance & Ben have similar cars, and they usually run them in different stock classes from each other, sometimes A/SA & B/SA too. The cars are also slightly different shades of green, as can be seen in my picture below from a few years ago. ( Lance on the left, Ben on the right



Beautiful cars,

Thanks

Quote from: john a on August 20, 2018, 12:48:37 PM

Kevin, is that Lance’s old car or possibility Lance still owns it and Ben drives?

Different car. They have "twin" cars. One runs B/SA, and the other runs C/SA. Just a weight change. Lance had engine troubles the last 2 weeks.

Thanks guys, I ordered the PP 90009 and it fit perfectly.

My old original balancer came apart this weekend, it only lasted 53 years. The v belt groove is the outer ring of the balancer. Looking at new performance balancers the pulley bolts on the front of the balancer and will cause alignment issues with water pump and altinator. Does anyone make a balancer that will aline like the original? If so who's would you recommend? This is a stroked 390 444 ci 6200 rpm street strip deal. If I remember right it's internal balanced.

Thanks, John

Good luck Jay.

Thanks for all The replies, very informative. Shame on the crab manufactures, makes things very confusing to the uninformed. As I said my 850 runs nice. I wonder, has anybody comparred the two different carbs on the dyno on a mild built 428-445?

John

I notice on most 445 builds they have 750 carbs. When I originally built mine in 2006 I also used a750 dp. It ran solid but seemed to me it could use more. I borrowed an 850 dp from a friend and it pulled much better mid to upper rpms with little to no change in the lower rpms. Its a run of the mill 445, 10.-1. Edd heads,rpm intake, no porting, comp 282s,  1 7/8" headers. Both carbs were tuned by the seat of the pants. I would appreciate you're thoughts, opinions, experiences please.

Happy holidays.

John