[DeTomaso] Oil pan gasket recommendation?

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Makes sense to me....Running 70 psi cold which routinely drops to 50-55psi hot and it doesn't matter if I am cruising down PCH at 50 mph or at  WOT in open road races ...Russ Fulps said he has had race winning engines finish with 10 to 20 psi.
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JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
  In a message dated 10/1/08 10:42:57 AM, adin at frontier.net writes:

> Is there such a thing as toooooooo much oil pressure? (I see cold starts in 
> single digit weather)  IS the old wive's tale of "washed bearings" true?
> 
Of course there is. Besides the remote possibility of erosion-damage (or 
washed-out bearings) is the possibility of high oil pressure 
overheating/degrading the oil on long fast runs, and the real possibilty of valve float in 
hydraulic-lifter engines due to too much oil pressure. I've seen this this last one 
happen! Over 90 psi hot @ 2500 rpms in a pushrod Ford is too much, incidently. 
NO street car needs more than 60 psi hot or 40 psi cold pressure, no matter 
how macho you may be. FWIW- J DeRyke



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