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  1. dswen22

    72 Roadrunner with 340 oil pressure issues

    It’s a Dakota digital dash, so looks stock but does have a digital output to show metrics.
  2. dswen22

    72 Roadrunner with 340 oil pressure issues

    This kinda makes sense, has a pretty lump cam in it.
  3. dswen22

    72 Roadrunner with 340 oil pressure issues

    Technically it’s a satellite cloned to roadrunner, bought it this way so to me it’s a roadrunner, I’ve always wanted a 71-72 RR, it’s my favorite, this was close enough for me ;)
  4. dswen22

    72 Roadrunner with 340 oil pressure issues

    There was a lot. Luckily I had noticed it right away and didnt run it much at all. The genius who "rebuilt" the carbs prior to me owning the car did a number on those carbs... I just decided a one carb setup would be simpler and easier to work with, and the dumping fuel issue went away with the...
  5. dswen22

    72 Roadrunner with 340 oil pressure issues

    LOL I think i'll keep her around for a while. well long while as my wife loves the car as much as I do. when I got the car late August, it had sat a while and had a 120 mile drive home. I changed the oil before driving home as it was old. I used rotella 15w40 for the ride home, changed it the...
  6. dswen22

    72 Roadrunner with 340 oil pressure issues

    currently the car has one of those aftermarket dakota digital classic setups, ( not sure how I feel about the dakota gauges, but they look stock and were in the car when I bought it). This spring I am going to test with mechanical gauge to test the accuracy.
  7. dswen22

    72 Roadrunner with 340 oil pressure issues

    yes, ive been told this too, and maybe im just worrying for nothing about it. My fear is I dont want to grenade a 340, so being cautious and researching this winter while car is hibernating in my garage :)
  8. dswen22

    72 Roadrunner with 340 oil pressure issues

    Alright, I tried looking in the forums for more info and apologize if a thread already exists on this, but have been stumped. The 340 in my car has 60+lbs of oil pressure on cold start and maintains about 35-50lbs on the highway, but low rpm and idle after warm it drops below 20lbs. No knocks or...
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