Oil pressure at idle
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Oil pressure at idle I want to know what people see for oil pressure at idle. I have a 418CI stroker LS3 with twin turbos. I get 30-32 pounds of oil pressure at 220 degrees.
Someone told me at a car meet an LS should never be below 42PSI. Even before I had my big motor I never saw 40 at idle.
Yes I am running the stock pump.
Someone told me at a car meet an LS should never be below 42PSI. Even before I had my big motor I never saw 40 at idle.
Yes I am running the stock pump.
I want to know what people see for oil pressure at idle. I have a 418CI stroker LS3 with twin turbos. I get 30-32 pounds of oil pressure at 220 degrees.
Someone told me at a car meet an LS should never be below 42PSI. Even before I had my big motor I never saw 40 at idle.
Yes I am running the stock pump.
Someone told me at a car meet an LS should never be below 42PSI. Even before I had my big motor I never saw 40 at idle.
Yes I am running the stock pump.
"Someone told me at a car meet"-yikes
That stuff always scares me, lol-I would be worried about 220 degrees, although things get hot under the hood. I run somewhere in the 30's, stock ported pump with a spacer under the spring. I run 10/30 oil, but not syn.
They used to say 10 PSI per 1000 RPM, as long as pressure is rising and not falling off with RPM.
That stuff always scares me, lol-I would be worried about 220 degrees, although things get hot under the hood. I run somewhere in the 30's, stock ported pump with a spacer under the spring. I run 10/30 oil, but not syn.
They used to say 10 PSI per 1000 RPM, as long as pressure is rising and not falling off with RPM.
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"Someone told me at a car meet"-yikes
That stuff always scares me, lol-I would be worried about 220 degrees, although things get hot under the hood. I run somewhere in the 30's, stock ported pump with a spacer under the spring. I run 10/30 oil, but not syn.
They used to say 10 PSI per 1000 RPM, as long as pressure is rising and not falling off with RPM.
That stuff always scares me, lol-I would be worried about 220 degrees, although things get hot under the hood. I run somewhere in the 30's, stock ported pump with a spacer under the spring. I run 10/30 oil, but not syn.
They used to say 10 PSI per 1000 RPM, as long as pressure is rising and not falling off with RPM.
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"Someone told me at a car meet"-yikes
That stuff always scares me, lol-I would be worried about 220 degrees, although things get hot under the hood. I run somewhere in the 30's, stock ported pump with a spacer under the spring. I run 10/30 oil, but not syn.
They used to say 10 PSI per 1000 RPM, as long as pressure is rising and not falling off with RPM.
That stuff always scares me, lol-I would be worried about 220 degrees, although things get hot under the hood. I run somewhere in the 30's, stock ported pump with a spacer under the spring. I run 10/30 oil, but not syn.
They used to say 10 PSI per 1000 RPM, as long as pressure is rising and not falling off with RPM.
There's no problem with the oil pressure, but you do need to address your cooling system!
But as far as cooling, I don't think it's an issue as some of you pointed out. 220* oil temps are perfectly fine, heck I wouldn't want them to get much cooler than that anyway. Oil is designed to work and perform its best at or around 212*...so any less is not really desirable especially if you're beating on the engine.
If your oil was getting into the 270* range I'd start to worry about extra cooling. 220* is perfectly fine.
