I gave the car some beans tonight - she is running VERY quick this week. I wonder if it's the recent tank of gas I got (probably not), but the car is now producing a single HUGE knock spike at 7500rpm in 3rd gear (keeping me from going to 4th under boost), 1st was 38, the 2nd 56...I haven't seen knock values remotely that high on my current engine build. Through 2nd gear and 1.88bars boost the knock graph stays around 20 and flatlined, then in 3rd rises a bit then spikes.
Maybe I got some crappy gas. Maybe I need to pull timing.
Anyways...I checked my oil pressure peak value because I noticed the needle swing hard while revving. Turns out that at over 7500rpm, I am pushing over 9 bars of oil pressure (aftermarket gauge in stock sender position)...is it possible to have too much oil pressure? Is my Tomei simply flowing mad amounts of oil near redline, or should I start worrying myself over this high pressure being indicative of reduced flow just when it's needed most?
Oil pressure normally hovers at 6 bars off idle and pretty much straightaway starts bouncing off the 7 bar relief valve in normal low-boost driving. Keep pushing and the oil seems to hold the relief valve open and climbs to 8 bars, then 9, then 9.8...
Maybe I got some crappy gas. Maybe I need to pull timing.
Anyways...I checked my oil pressure peak value because I noticed the needle swing hard while revving. Turns out that at over 7500rpm, I am pushing over 9 bars of oil pressure (aftermarket gauge in stock sender position)...is it possible to have too much oil pressure? Is my Tomei simply flowing mad amounts of oil near redline, or should I start worrying myself over this high pressure being indicative of reduced flow just when it's needed most?
Oil pressure normally hovers at 6 bars off idle and pretty much straightaway starts bouncing off the 7 bar relief valve in normal low-boost driving. Keep pushing and the oil seems to hold the relief valve open and climbs to 8 bars, then 9, then 9.8...