Chris,
IMHO your oil pressure is probably fine with the "stock" oil pump. Matter
of fact it sounds about right.
I have a Boss 302 competition oil pump in my engine. At start-up the
pressure is about 75 and drops during full warm idle to about 30. Cruising
hot it usually stands about 45. What is your pressure at speed?? I believe
that that is the figure that really matters. I recall some cars having as
low as 15 at hot idle being relatively normal.
Hope this helps.
Allan
B9472373
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Chris.S.Mottram@ecc.com
Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 5:19 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Oil Pressure and Spotted Tiger
Chris S. Mottram@ECCI
08/24/98 08:18 AM
I have a rebuilt 260 with a mild cam and 289 heads. It is supposed to have
less than 1000 miles on the engine. I have only had it for a couple of
weeks. The oil pressure moves around between 50psi (at start up and at
speed) and 20 psi (at HOT idle) what should I be expecting?
Also,
I was in downtown Decatur, GA on Saturday night and saw an really nice
restored red Tiger with exhaust exiting in front of the rear wheels and an
Upson county license plate reading TIGRRR. Anyone know this car?
Here in Georgia (metro Atlanta) I have only seen 2 Tigers and 1 Alpine "in
the wild" since 1989 (excluding mine and car shows).
Thanks,
Chris
B382001587LRXFE
(My wife thinks I'm a weirdo because I know the VIN# of my car)
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