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If I do need to connect the oil cooler into the system later on, are there any upgrades that can help boost the oil pressure on the 351W?
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If your hot idle
oil pressure is 25 psi or more and your oil pressure at speed is 45 psi or more, you have plenty of oil pressure and I'd leave it alone........
I'm running 15/40 wt. non
synthetic oil, on a cold start up my oil pressure is 60 psi.... once my oil temp gets to around 160 or more,my idle oil pressure is 30 to 35 psi, at any rpm over 1800, my oil pressure is normally 55 psi.....................this is with a standard replacement oil pump, not a high pressure or high volume pump.......these numbers are perfect as far as I'm concerned......
On my race motor, my oil pressure is the same as above, on that motor I have a HP adjustable oil pump, it is still set at the factory setting, it is also not a high pressure or high volume pump...
I don't think you need a high pressure pump and I don't like high volume pumps for small block street motors, you don't need that extra volume and it puts extra strain on the cam/distributor gear....
David