......when you wipe out the gears on your oil pump drive.

 

Doesn't that sort of take care of the excess horsepower problem?

 

If you run it too long without oil pressure it does.

 

Did you have a steel cam gear?

 

those things are junk...

I have a mallory 29003.

a LT1 intake can be machined to use one

 

Not from to much HP. It is caused by having the wrong oil drive gear metal on your cam. Difference in metal hardness will cause it to wear out. Usually a problem with billet cams.

 

Only if the wrong gear is on the cam.

 

I don't think it has anything to do with horsepower.

 

It was a joke guys......my car isnt that great. Im pretty sure its billet. The part number ends in -8.

 

Lol, I got the joke. I just wanted to clarify on the off chance you weren't kidding.

 

Well it turns out the -8 is just a standard street roller. Im hoping it was just because of how old it was. Anyone know if this composite gear will fit our cars?

http://www.compcams.com/technical/Ca...106-07/235.pdf

 

Why not run a bronze gear?

 

No, it doesn't fit directly. I thought about doing this but, as I recall the LT1 drive gear shaft is something like 0.476" OD and the CC gear is only available in either 0.491' or 0.500" ID. You would have to have a bushing made and drill it for the roll pin.

 

bronze gears only last a couple miles max. I would measure the shaft diameter but I believe it is .427? There are gears that fit, but you will have to look for them.