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was for a BBC They (milodon) told me they haven't released their own bbc pump yet that melling was the only ones who made a casting for a long time. Their website is misleading..cause they have a big picture of their small block pump and the casting says Milodon...so I just assumed they made their own pumps. Not the big blocks.

I cant find any info that says the miloden pump comes with billit gears for BBC. Well nothing under $100 anyway.Where did you find that info out?

THEY DON'T!! THEY ARE MELLING PUMPS.

I called Milodon THEY CLAIM they are billet gear Melling

Well thats a pain in the arse cos i just brought one.

Ok, so you buy a 40.00 oil pump, then spend 100.00 in billet gears?

Don't know about you, but I put new pumps on my motor every time I put new bearings in it. Cheap insurance.

I figure over the years, I've spent about 1k in oil pumps (at around 100.00 a shot).

So now, instead of continuing, I bucked up and bought a 400.00 pump that I can send back to Titan for freshening at the end of every season. It's more expensive up front, but it's cheaper in the long run.

I laid mine on the bench next to the new melling I have and I could tell absolutely no difference. I even took the cover off and there was no evidence anything had been modified. It says M77HV on it too. They claimed it was the older one but I have an old melling from 2000-2001 and the casting is different. I can't just use it cause it sat outside in a junk barrel for awhile and obviously is no good anymore. Solid rust

I put in a Melling M-Select Oil pump it was $62 I think and has a bolt on pickup and seems to be alot better piece than the regular ones. It is a 70Lb pump with 10% more volume. The part number is 10552..

Here is the link...

http://data.melling.com/Select/small_block_chevy.php

They all have PM gears, Melling, Moroso, Milodon, including the Melling Select pumps. CVR and Titan pumps are the only ones currently using steel gears, except Moroso's gerotor pump. They all buy from Melling except for CVR and Titan. Don't waste your money.

MILODON makes their own pump for small blocks, just not big blocks...well, At least the sm blocks have Milodon cast into the housing anyway..don't know who makes em.

I dont like the idea of Powdered metal gears at all myself .. but have to ask ... If they make Connecting Rods that way, why wouldnt an oil pump gear work out ?

I have heard about and seen the newer main bodies crack or break. But I havent heard or seen anything about the gears breaking.

Has anyone else seen / heard differantly ?