Rebuilt motor, shimmed oil pump 7.5mm, Arizona performance oil pump feed line, larger B&M cooler with -10 lines, remote filter adapter mounted on block with -10 lines running to filter mount. Filter mount has Earl's sandwich plate oil cooler adapter with built in thermostat then filter on top of it. Started the car PSI went max on gauge, mechanical only goes to 100, calmed down a little took it for a drive using break in advice from the oil thread on here, straight 30w, when it warmed up it went down to 40 PSI at idle. Changed the oil took it out again and it wouldn't go less than 100 PSI, top end sounded loud and the oil cooler didn't have any warmth. Took out sandwich plate thermostat and just ran no cooler, 5w-30, WIX filter, and still 100 PSI. Tested thermostat in water and it opened all the way just before the water boiled, the whole mechanism does move around in there when you shake it though.
So that's the story, any input? Also I drove maybe 4 miles at that oil pressure extremely slow, that's all that is on the motor, should I worry about the bearings?
So that's the story, any input? Also I drove maybe 4 miles at that oil pressure extremely slow, that's all that is on the motor, should I worry about the bearings?
