Question about MN6 Reverse Shifting
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Kannapolis NC
If the car "runs away" on a hill the engine will be "running" (no ignition, but it will be spinning if the car is in gear), and if you have it in first and the car is going backwards ... the oil pump is scavenging oil from the engine, not feeding it oil pressure. Though, by the time the car stops, the least of your worries might be the condition of the engine 
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Atlanta metro Ga.
LS1's have a gerator-type pump. It sits on the end of the crank, right behind the harmonic balancer / pulley.
It does indeed turn backwards if the motor spins that way, but as you've indicated, that's the least of your worries when the cr*py parking brake doesn't hold the car.
