jonboyb
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- Apr 2, 2007
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Alpharetta,
Georgia
My 1992 Laser AWD has about 20k on a performance rebuild (BS removal, 8.5:1 pistons, rods, heavily ported head, Web cams, etc) and I decided to change from the Big16G to a FP3065 ball bearing turbo. The car has run without a single issue and been to the track over 50 times easy without a single hiccup. Forced Performance requests the FP3065 be fed from the head feed location, not the filter housing like I had always used, and I decided to check my pressure at the head first. I'm so glad I did before putting the new turbo on.
At hot idle, the oil pressure gauge bounces off 0 and I only get around 10-12 at high RPM. I even went and bought a second mechanical gauge to make sure. However, I have 40 psi hot idle and 100 psi at high RPM at the filter housing (I know, I need to port the relief shroud). I should have WAY more than 0 idle, 12 at anything above 3000 at the head feed location. I inspected the cam journals for wear and they are almost mirror polished still, absolutely no grooves. It appears the head is getting plenty of oil. Lifters are very quiet also, I would expect noise with low oil pressure in the head.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? It seems that I would have to have a restriction in a gallery (physical blockage or head gasket blocking oil passage) or really bad clearances in the bottom-end bearings to lose so much pressure up top.
At hot idle, the oil pressure gauge bounces off 0 and I only get around 10-12 at high RPM. I even went and bought a second mechanical gauge to make sure. However, I have 40 psi hot idle and 100 psi at high RPM at the filter housing (I know, I need to port the relief shroud). I should have WAY more than 0 idle, 12 at anything above 3000 at the head feed location. I inspected the cam journals for wear and they are almost mirror polished still, absolutely no grooves. It appears the head is getting plenty of oil. Lifters are very quiet also, I would expect noise with low oil pressure in the head.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? It seems that I would have to have a restriction in a gallery (physical blockage or head gasket blocking oil passage) or really bad clearances in the bottom-end bearings to lose so much pressure up top.