Low oil pressure when engine gets hot........

[robndeb]

When our buggy gets warm, around 200 to 210 or so, the oil pressure hovers between 10 to 15 at an idle and around 30 or so at anything above an idle. Is this normal?

[SPEC]

Rob thats pretty common in all 4 stroke engines
You've never noticed that on your daily driver car?

[Enemy]

When our buggy gets warm, around 200 to 210 or so, the oil pressure hovers between 10 to 15 at an idle and around 30 or so at anything above an idle. Is this normal?

Hell, that's pretty good for a Busa at hot idle! No worries..

[robndeb]

Rob thats pretty common in all 4 stroke engines
You've never noticed that on your daily driver car?

My daily driver has an idiot light for oil pressure, maybe that's what I need on the buggy, so I'm not stressing on the gauge all the time.

[Yummi]

Hey Rob,

You and I are kind of in the same boat.  Nothing to do with oil pressure, just with worrying about shit that may go wrong. 

So, this last weekend, I said fxxk it.  If I crash, roll, blow it up, whatever; just fxxk it.  Bounced it off the rev limiter a few times and kept it there till I made the transition of the razorback.  Come to find out it was a good time.  Now I am not saying I had my head up my ass, just saying I left the worries at the trailer.   It was a good way to end the weekend and it held up just fine.  Built my confidence in the car and it's limits. 

Relax and enjoy buddy, plenty to worry about after it breaks - don't get yourself worked up over mays mights and coulds.   

Now to everyone else, I am not advocatting complete lack of awareness ie: car, etc, just suggesting to Rob a little less worry / stress and A LOT more fun. 

[Enemy]

Hey Rob,

You and I are kind of in the same boat.  Nothing to do with oil pressure, just with worrying about shit that may go wrong. 

So, this last weekend, I said fxxk it.  If I crash, roll, blow it up, whatever; just fxxk it.  Bounced it off the rev limiter a few times and kept it there till I made the transition of the razorback.  Come to find out it was a good time.  Now I am not saying I had my head up my ass, just saying I left the worries at the trailer.   It was a good way to end the weekend and it held up just fine.  Built my confidence in the car and it's limits. 

Relax and enjoy buddy, plenty to worry about after it breaks - don't get yourself worked up over mays mights and coulds.   

Now to everyone else, I am not advocatting complete lack of awareness ie: car, etc, just suggesting to Rob a little less worry / stress and A LOT more fun.

That's excellent advice...cant be put any better Yummi 

[70SSElky]

Mine was lower than that even on a new build.  It gets pretty hot on big boost though.   I run an external oil cooler and after I notice the pressure drop, just as you describe...   I added a fan on my external cooler.   Much much better now. 

[robndeb]

After I go to the hotter stator, I'm hoping to free up enough juice to add a real oil cooler, not just the heat sink reservoir I have now.