Was just watching the races I recorded from yesterday and usually freeze frame different parts of the runs or cockpit shots like I just did on Erica`s car and the oil pressure is about 10 lbs. at a 1900 rpm idle. That totally goes against what we usually tell ourselves or others and most cringe at 20-30 at idle..............

might be normal for 0w oil

And a dry sump oiling system. Something I know nothing about.

Crazy but obviously they've got it figured out..........

Maybe that low so it won't be too high at the 10500 redline. These engines do not sit and idle like a daily driver car.

I know I noticed today that Ericas Dodge was idling at 2000 RPM.

I have a hard time even tuning in anymore since I already know greg or jason is going to win.

A.J's MPH is starting to step up and that's a real good sign.

Nothing unusual for most any non blown heads up deal. Especially with 0W5 or the typical 0W10 oils they use. Mine is at 20-25 at idle. Biggest issue with light oils are valvetrain/spring problems.

He had a slightly higher MPH than Anderson today, but Anderson may have hossed the gas on him. It did look like Allen's car spun right at the hit too.

They will only have 40 pounds at 10,000 too. You can turn a fully assembled ps short Block by hand using the balancer lol....amazing to me.

NICE...............

I don't know if it's true or not, but I was once told that an old superstock trick was draining the oil and running it, less windage I suppose but bye bye motor. Maybe someone else could confirm or deny that?

Back before synthetics came around Lyn Smith told me you wanted just enough oil in the motor so the pressure just dropped to 0 at the stripe. He would run 3 quarts on heads-up runs.

3 quarts maybe but no oil wouldn`t fly I would think.......

I wonder how many bearings got scorched before figuring out the minimum he could get by with?

Had an Indy oil pump seize up on a new engine start up. it was idling nicely at 1200 rpm, almost dies when the pump seized, and then sped up to 2000 rpm when it was no longer turning the pump. amazing how much power the oil pump takes to run.

I seen the oil pressure also. I thought it was 0 though. I was waiting for it to go boom on the pass,

IMO any max effort N/A program from stock to pro stock should only have minimum oil pressure, minimum oil flow, minimum oil cSt, & minimum bearing surface areas to do the job.

Been as low as 35 lbs. @ 8500 rpm in a wet sump super stock.

Yep