I think the answer is "no". I believe the benefit is in racing applications,
where you might suffer oil starvation in cornering at low revs. It's a
question of "enough is enough". I have heard that too high oil pressure can
actually cause problems, as well, though I'm not sure what those might be.
on 3/29/04 7:00 AM, Paul M. at rowman22001@yahoo.com wrote:
> --- David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net> wrote:
>> I went ahead and replaced the pressure relief
>> valve... I used the up-rated spring
>
> This reminds me of a question I always wanted to ask
> the list:
>
> What is the theroetical (and real) advantage of
> fitting the uprated oil pressure relief spring? It
> ups the oil pressure, yes, but if the engine is
> fundamentally healthy anyway, it there any advantage
> to doing it? I have good oil pressure (once warm,
> it's about 25 psi at idle and about 60-65 with any
> revs on), so would the uprated spring do anything good
> for the engine?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> =====
> Paul Misencik - 1971 MGB - www.sopwithracing.com
>
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