I know this is asked a lot, and a lot are probably going to say everything is fine, but I still feel like it should be higher.
The motor is a 360, rebuilt last year, stock crank and rods with ARP rod bolts, KB pistons etc. Has a Lunati solid roller, 245 @50 and 580 lift with MRL lifters. Edelbrock heads and comp ultra pro magnum roller rocker arms. Bearing clearance are 2.5 thou on the mains and rods If I remember correctly.
The motor has about 5-6k miles on it and its been running really good, no problems. Oil pressure hasn't changed from when I first started it either.
Cold start is is about 70 psi, and when it warms up it goes down to about 25 PSI at idle in gear at about 850. Cruising its about 60 above 2000rpm and never really goes above that. What gets me is this is with 20w-50 oil, I would expect to be making a lot more pressure. I can't imagine how much lower it would be with 30 weight or something.
The oil pump was brand new when I put it in and is a melling HV pump. The lifters are pressure oiled, so that bleeds off some pressure, but the rocker arms get stupid amounts of oil, they absolutely flood the tip and pushrod cup, could this be bleeding a lot of pressure?
Should I just leave it as is? or is it time to troubleshoot? I haven't tried a different gauge, so it could also simply be an inaccurate mechanical gauge.
