They make coiled spring pins. Might be stronger than a slotted pin, but hopefully they are designed to shear if needed.
Brett this happened to me years ago.i ended up buying a bag full of double rolled-rollpins. Send me your address and I'll send you afew.
You're missing my point. Let's say your cold oil pressure is 80 psi. What will the gauge reading be then?
I'd be interested to know what sender he is using.. Arent most PT-157 style senders 0-120 psi? But I do follow your point, the gauge stops at 60, the pressure not necessarily so.
There are a number of ways to do the same thing. You could use something like this, https://www.amazon.com/KOOTANS-Fema...011&s=industrial&sr=1-13&ts_id=383612011&th=1 You would need a reducer for the block, https://www.amazon.com/KOOTANS-Redu...+npt+female+bushing,industrial,61&sr=1-1&th=1 How you plumb it from there would depend on what type of gauges you used, and clearance issues.
No, they are commonly 60 and 80 psi. Those are the ones that Todd sells. You mean PS-157? This one is an 80 psi, https://www.summitracing.com/parts/smp-ps157
I have the stock Rallye gauge and an Autometer mechanical. My sender is an 80 psi. My cold start pressure is about 70 psi on the Autometer, and the stock gauge reads a bit above 3/4.
About where mine is - I made more of an effort to note the range at 160 during the dyno session 35-40 at idle, 70-80 at 5300 at 160 degrees with straight 30w. with the PS-157, 65 lbs is about 3/4 of the gauge, so that makes sense its a 0-80 psi unit. My cold start with 20-50 is pegged, so I'll probably have to go back to 10-30. Dont want to break roll pins!
Having to put a HD roll pin in, is a red flag. Either binding pump, or really high oil pressure at startup. Verify it with a live gauge, even if just installed temporarily. what do the teeth on the gear look like? JW
Ask and you will recieve - from Larry's thread: https://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/gauges.197307/
Yes, that is one way. For the big gauge sender, I would buy a tee where you could have the sender stick straight out, and use the side tee opening for idiot light or mechanical gauge tubing. It all depends on the gauges you use and physical space constraints.
Made this video in my car today as I was about to back out of Bruno's driveway. The car had been sitting for about 2 hours, so it was cool. I have an 80 psi sender powering the stock gauge, and the Autometer mechanical.
Kinda ran out of time but did get at least the oil pressure gauge hooked up. Didn't have time to drill for the water temp line. After sitting for about 3 hours.