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Originally Posted by Rick Parker
The gauges were the last thing he was looking at. It will be a fairly expensive lesson, but they always cost "Something".
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That happens a lot while on track, recommend an
oil pressure warning light, have one in my race car as well as street car, both set on 20 psi..the red light will get your attention if it comes on.....one must make themselves at least check the gauges once every lap or two, I do so on the front or back straights....also have warning lights for
oil pressure/
oil temp/water temp...
Do like the NASCAR boys do with their gauges, orient them where as when on track,your needle for each gauge should be pointing straight up when under way,that way,one quick glance and if all needles are pointing straight up, everyhting is "normal:, if one is too much to one side or the other, you quickly know to give it a second look as something is not right.....
As to pans, I've used the exact same Canton road race pan (8 qt.,baffles/trap doors)(front sump) on my road race 66 couple and street car 65 Fastback......never have seen the oil pressure waiver a bit and I've purposely watched the gauge in hard sweeping turns.....also,had my in-car camera focused on the gauges during a few races to check this out, oil pressure never moved more than 5 psi thru the rpm range..
David