I put mine in the water and just took a slow ride around the no wake zone.  Varied speed between 1800 to 2300 or so RPM's.

  Never more than 400 yards from the launch so no issue if I had to row.
If it's in the water you can't mess up the pump in any way and no hassle with the drive line.
We put it back on the trailer and changed the oil.  went back out for a ride.

We used Rotella oil and Comp cam additive.

Good luck

Here's the close of this post.   Today we tried out Armondo's pan,  full load 10 quarts of oil.   The engine ran 5200 RPM's with NO OIL PRESSURE LOSS what so ever.   

I hammered it out of the hole and the oil pressure gauge stayed right on 75 LBS.   There is absolutly
no doubt the Milodon pan was the issue.

Now the best part.   I called Milodon back and talked to Tom this time.   He told me they HAVE had issues with this pan and can't figure out why.   He is having Summit give me a full refund and paying shipping back to boot.

So all's well that ends well, the motor survived with no ill effects.   Milodon stood behind their product and Summit is still my parts catalog of choice.

Thank all of you again for your time and help in solving this problem,  you really are great!

Armondo's pan is on, Monday will tell the tale but I'm confident it'll work this time.   Here are some comparison shots of the two pans.

I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to know who to call when you need an oil pan.  I just wish I knew it sooner.

  The MSD 6AL works now and I put on a fuel filter water seperator for good measure.  The new 750 is on with the changed secondary spring so it's ready to get wet!  I don't know why they come with the heaviest spring installed.

Again, thank all of you that said it was the pan and got me fixed up.

It will be in the mid 80's for sure. 

You have a short somewhere.   There is no current flow through the resistor till the points are closed. 

Take the wire off the distributor, hook an ohm meter from the dist. terminal to ground.  You should  see meg ohms with the points open and near zero when they close.

Make sure the wire to the points isn't tilted down touching the base.

I allways unhook the battery when running ohm tests, you should too!

Good luck

What do you need for them, and are they 3" exits?   I never heard of them making logs before.
They all look so close the same it makes you wonder if they used the same plans.

If fuel injection had been invented first you wouldn't even know what a carb is.
There would have been no need to invent one 

Anything a carb can do FI can do better 

I have a 77 Glastron Carlson CV 23 so over the top headers are out.  The Stud girdle and roller rockers ruled out the upward exhaust..... Doesn't anyone make a decent log?   

All I've seen were oldie's on Ebay.  We did port the Hardin logs but 4 inch exits would be nice

Which Brand logs flow better?  Does anyone know where flow testing may be posted?   

Sure was a great day on the lake,  I hope everyone had a great holiday.

I forgot to mention the one recommending I take oil out of the pan was Milodon.

Again, I appologize for comming across as arrogant, believe me it was frustration.

 I would like to thank you all again for steering me away from the pump and to the windage in the pan.   Calling Armondo was such a big help and I would never have known about him with out you guys.

This is a great forum and the knowledge available here is staggering!

Thank you again.

I've been very polite to your buddies.  I also have bought many many parts from Summit over the last 25 years or so.

 I don't however share your desire to spend "big bucks" on parts that don't work as advertised and just eat it when they don't.

My beef is with Milodon, I'm just trying to enlist the help of Summit to get them to take the pan back.

It's easy to come off as arrogant in an email.   You can neither hear the tone nor the frustration of all the hours of work being in vain.  It's all subject to readers interpretation,  One guy would say "I understand" the other "he's arrogant"

Back on track here, I can't pump a 6 quart pan dry with the same brand HV pump as I'm using now on a 10 quart pan.   

How do you explain the manufacturer telling someone to drain 2 or so quarts out of a 10 quart pan and try that?    They are trying to blame it on the pump bypass??  Am I missing something here, how does taking oil out of a pan fix a bad oil pump bypass?

 Summit says try a stock pump.   If I'm pumping the pan dry why would you take oil OUT?  If it's a pump bybass why would you take oil OUT   Why would you go to a stock pump and not a new HV pump if it's a bypass?  Does this sound like crap and a run around to anyone else or is it just me?

So now I'm running a 10 quart pan with a bit over 7 quarts of oil in it.  This by the way has stopped the oil pressure drop.   Hmmm, I guess it fixed the pump.  The HV pump that is.

 Did I get what I paid for?  NO. Does it indicate a problem with their pan that they know about, I certainly think so.  What do you guys think?

Now back to your statement of I'm pumping the pan dry with that  HV pump.   How can I pump a 10 quart pan dry with 10 quarts of oil in it but not if I only put in 7-8 quarts??   

Let's see you handle that question. 

 What makes you think it's the pump and not the windage tray?

The fellow I'm buying the new pan from  said he feels it's a lack of baffles and gates in addition to crappy windage tray.  He feels the oil is following the crank due to the crappy windage tray and  not draining back fast enough due to the lack of gates and prober baffles.   

I would like to thank you gentlemen that recommended Armondo's racing pans.  They were really nice to talk to and very informative. 

Next, should I just say "close enough I only paid  $400+ no biggie" and use this Milodon pan for a parts box?  Not me, I think I should  say "wait a minute, this isn't what I paid for, I can only run between 7 and 8 quarts in a 10 quart pan.

If a part doesn't work up to my expectations it's gone.  Arrogant?  I call it particular and fussy. I'm  willing to pay a fair price for what I need with the expectations of getting what I pay for.
That used to be the American way, pride in craftsmanship. 

I guess it depends on which side of the fence you are on maybe someday you'll be on the other side too and you may come across as arrogant.

I hope this string prevents just one person from going through the crap I have.

Sorry for the length of this post.