Re: oil pressure

["Lawrence G. Miceli" <lgmtr6@domain.elided>]

Frank,
I would use the lower pressure gauge. I just finished my Stag rebuild and
also installed an oil pressure gauge. Mine is getting 40-50 lbs on cold
start-up. It runs about 40 lbs hot at speed and about 10 at idle. I now
know why they didn't put them in when the cars were new. I am constantly
worried about it (my previous TRs being TR6s which ran 50-80 lbs), but I
am assured that this is the normal range for a Stag.


Larry Miceli
'76 TR6
'73 Stag
'66 Herald

On Mon, 5 Apr 1999 22:32:15 EDT FMags2@domain.elided writes:
>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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