Stick two more 1/8" thick washers under the spring and call it good.
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: After lunch I took the Spitfire on its
: first trip out of my neighborhood since
: the engine rebuild. This car has
: always made noises and that hasn't
: changed. The ambient temperature was
: 60 oF and the coolant was still hanging
: right around 160 oF.
:
: At the end of the trip the idle oil
: pressure at 1000 RPM was sitting at 35
: PSI. Get the speed above 2000 RPM and
: it climbs back above 50 PSI. It also
: looks like the relief valve is
: currently set to about 60-65 PSI as
: that's the max pressure it wants to
: develop both cold and hot.
:
: Time will tell how this goes.
:
: Doug L.
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