Re: oil pressure

[George Richardson <gprtech@domain.elided>]

From what I understand, the oil pressure relief valve opens at 60 psi, so your
oil pressure should never go above that. Beyond that, I think it would take a
miracle for it to go that high, since low oil pressure seems to be one of the
characteristics of the Stag engine.

FMags2@domain.elided wrote:

> I will be installing an oil pressure in my Stag shortly.  I have two good
> aftermarket oil pressure gauges in my box of gauges; one is 0-80 psi, and the
> other is 0-100 psi.  Any suggestions as to which one to install?  What I
> really need to know is what is the max oil pressure that I can expect from
> this engine starting cold?  It gets well over 100 deg here in the summer, so
> I expect that I'll be running 20W-50.  My GT6 runs about 85 psi cold with
> 20-50, my Healey about 70.  The only V-8s that I'm used to are Chevy 305,350
> and they run about 50 psi from a cold start.  Any advice appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Frank M.

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George Richardson
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