porting oil housing relief valve

[packinkimber45]

Can you guys tell me if I ported my relief valve right? Does it look like it is too much or not enough? Thanks.

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[4g64GST]

looks good to me.. I had to pull mine out about 3 times before I got it right, but I also shaved the spring down and added a plastic washer to the bolt to move it out alittle bit.
I had very high oil pressure, now it is great..

 

[turbosax2]

Do you think my porting is ok, or do I need to go farther? This is for a 7 bolt with no balance shafts and factory oil cooler.

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[snowborder714]

I would like to know if this is adequate as well (or if the hole could be bigger) as I plan on doing this sometime soon. Pictures always help as a better reference than words.

 

[b00stedtalon2]

All of the above look great.

 

[turbosax2]

I decided to port a little bit further just to be safe, while making sure the piston still sealed fine.

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[99gst_racer]

^^^ That's about how mine looks. I wish I would have taken a picture before installation. My oil pressure seems to be just perfect on the factory gauge (should have my Autometer gauge hooked up by the end of this week).

 

[turbosax2]

Great! Please let me know what the Autometer gauge reads when you get it installed. I won't have enough money to buy an oil pressure gauge when I put the engine back together so I'm relying on you guys to guide me.

 

[gsxeclipse97]

hmmm and the purpose for doing this is what exactly? Just wondering I dont recall them porting that when my engine was put together by the machine shop.

 

[TOONAH]

They say that if you do the balance shaft elimination thing, that the oil pressure goes up to almost 85 psi. By opening up the pressure relief port, more oil can be diverted and it keeps the oil pressure down. I did the BS elimination, but am not going to do the porting on the relief valve. I will replace the spring with a softer rate spring.

 

[gsxeclipse97]

Mine were also taken out and my oil pressure is no that high it will hang out around 75 psi while driving but never really exceeds that.

 

[1992awdlaser]

Mine were also taken out and my oil pressure is no that high it will hang out around 75 psi while driving but never really exceeds that.

Yeah, and how high does it get when you are going full throttle?

 

[Burnett03]

i did mine about like yours and i still get a lot of oil pressure without BS. So i should have went a bit more..

 

[gsxeclipse97]

Well according to my gauge it doesn't go any higher than that. The gauge bounces back and forth from 75 and lower. My girlfriends car hits 100psi and her car still has them shafts

 

[ImportWarrior]

how about a before and after pic. thanks.