Thread: High Oil Pressure ?

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No it won't make the engine to burn oil. But it will rob you gas mileage if the pressure too high for street. It take about 40 HP to pull the oil pump at 70 PSI.

Hydraulic horsepower is;

HP=P*Q/1714 where P is in psi and Q is in gpm (gallons per minute).

Therefore I seriously doubt the 40 hp number which leads to 970 gpm oil flow rate.

I believe the issue is more related to stress on the distributor drive leading to timing issues etc. 70 psi is getting up there though for the street IMO .............

Kitz

My 392 runs a constant 60 at highway speeds.

Jack