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Originally Posted by Mike
Peter
Congratulations - what a fabulous feeling when you have built the engine yourself. Well done. The oil pressure sounds very good. I've tested mine and thought 30-35 psi was good at tickover when warm, and around 60psi at raised revs, but you are holding around 50psi when warm at only tick over - those new shells were obviously worth it!
......I think your Street rod looks pretty good as it is now - just leave the rest of the body work off!
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Thanks, Mike, yes it was a great moment!
Slight misunderstanding due to the way I wrote my post. The 50 psi was still during break-in period at 2500 revs. It drops to about 25 psi at idle, which I think is fine on this old beast.
It was more nerve-wracking starting this engine than the first engine just because of all the potential issues. You find yourself thinking... 'did I really tighten all the main bearings'.........etc.
