Need some help - loosing oil pressure at high rpm's

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12-07-2013, 08:54 AM

olddog

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It takes a certain amount of energy to pump a given quantity of oil, in a given time period.

The more pressure you build the more energy it takes to build it.

So if you increase either oil flow volume or the pressure, you increase the load put on the gears that are turning the pump.

Cranking the pump pressure up to keep the oil pressure at the engine where you want it, because you have a turd plugging up your plumbing, may exact a price. Ford SB engines are noted for having cam/distributor gear issues, along with twisting off pump drive shafts.

I would not go down this road. I would get rid of the restrictions.

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