Well got the car back together after it died on the highway after racing, started it up and it idled badly and as I drove a little bit I discovered it had no power at all, any time I stopped at a light the oil pressure would drop to almost nothing unless I got the rpms up to 2000 or so and it wants to die if I sit for very long with it trying to idle.
I've spun a bearing in the past and it reminds me alot of it from the symptoms, but there is not the sound I heard from the spun bearing this time, so I'm looking for other suggestions or a confirmation.

 

I'd try to check the sender. They trend to go bad from time to time. When I spun mine in Aug., I had huge knock but my oil pressure was fine. Loss of power can be anything. What was the symptoms of when it died on the freeway?

 

My LT1 behaved exactly the same way when I spun my main bearing and subsequently rod bearings.

 

It was fine until I went to slow down and came to a stop and then the rpms wavered for a minute and then it just died, I started it back up but to no avail, I had bent two pushrods replaced, them and she fired right up, but was down on power ALOT I also noticed my oil pressure was rather low in the 20s and then when I came to an attempted idle it would dip into the red until I revved it real quick. Eventually without gas it would die

 

anyone else????

 

Drain the oil you'll know right away.

 

Yup..sounds alot like my car when I spun a bunch of rods/mains..I had to hold the idle and it had no power at all...Didnt make any weird noises though but I went aheads and pulled the motor and found the spun bearings..

Cody

 

Im having the same problem now. Pulling my motor because of dropping oil pressure and crankshaft endplay is A LOT Thrust bearing gone and who knows what else. Car was stumblin all over the place but made no weird noises... Ehh while it's out might as well throw a bigger cam in