You're going to hear it pretty soon anyway but remember, you heard it here first. Dont' trust the stock gauge. Get a good numerical one. That said, the Ford manual gives one parameter for judging oil pressure in a 5.0. I may misquote this but if it will hold 25 psi at 1500 rpm, the manual says it's good to go. The part I can't remember for sure is the rpm listed but it was either 1500 or 2000 rpm. Anyway, I was surprised to learn there was nothing shown for idling pressure.
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1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet.
Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.
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