i'm reading my oil pressure off the oil relocation. as i said before i expected it to read low, especially at idle.

normal driving produced somewhere around ~80psi, so i wasn't concerned since i am told those are normal levels.

 

again, I agree, I don't think your problem was low oil pressure...what type of oil were you using out of curiosity?

mine showed 80psi as well

also, my readings were this for 10,000 miles...

 

I've been told by some the crank is unusable, some have said it depends. Same for the block. I'd think about building the bottom end if you have the cash for it.

 

devs,

i have heard the same so far. billman thinks it could be fixable; inline pro basically said it was trashed.

in either case, the motor has to come out. if i stay on schedule with what i have left to do (which i wont!) the motor will come out tomorrow.

 

telos,

had you diengaged your clutch switch so you didnt have to clutch in at idle? I did that one mine and switched to a k&n oil filter which tony1 said shows 5-8psi higher IIRC.

 

Its most likely trashed, we would never use it. We have a few Evo short blocks here that had some bearing issues and wore threw the Thrust washer and started going into the block. So that is probally what happened on your motor also. Im going to say this was a result from oil pressure, your car cant tell what kind of clutch is in there. Any aftermarket clutch is going to have more clamp load then a stock one so at that point it could happen with any after market pressure plate.

 

Also Oil pressure at the back of the block and to a sandwich plate shouldn't be any different because they are both before the filter.

 

if im not mistaken there were two NPT ports on the adapter (greddy), one before the filter and one after, but I could be wrong...

 

The Greddy one has two ports but they are both before the filter.

 

teleos, oil cooler?