Thanks, everyone. I had a feeling it was really high. Supposedly, the engine was newly rebuilt with ~500 miles on it before I purchased the car. I've put about another 750 on it myself. I'm running 10W30 synthetic (Mobil 1) as suggested by the salty old car emissions guy. Should I go with petroleum of say 5W30? Sounds like the pressure will come down after more miles?

The proper course of action would be to pull the engine and install a high volume pump? I'm not very well equipped here to do that myself but would you say it is worth the $$$ to have this done as opposed to hoping it will come down over time (I think I know the answer to this one). Are there other things that could be causing the high pressure than the pump itself?

Many thanks for all your insights,

Chris