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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 03:33 AM
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On my 05 when i hit the gas and rev it up quite a bit i see the oil psi shoot up along with the revs from around 40 to about 65-70.

I dont remember this happening to my last vette or maybe i just didnt notice
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Originally Posted by ChRpin VETT
On my 05 when i hit the gas and rev it up quite a bit i see the oil psi shoot up along with the revs from around 40 to about 65-70.

I dont remember this happening to my last vette or maybe i just didnt notice
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 05:07 AM
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So when your oil pump is spinning faster, you are getting more oil pressure? Wierd.....
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by longdaddy
My 05 c6 gauge goes up slightly at higher rpms but on my s10 and work truck,a 3500 chevy,the oil gauges go up at higher rpms in the same area as your vette
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ChRpin VETT
On my 05 when i hit the gas and rev it up quite a bit i see the oil psi shoot up along with the revs from around 40 to about 65-70.

I dont remember this happening to my last vette or maybe i just didnt notice
As does my BP.



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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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the adrenaline rush increases in relationship to the oil pressure increases...in relationship to the rpm increase in relationship with the picket fences becoming a blurr and the telephone poles looking more like those picket fences and the birds seem to be suspended in the air and....
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Originally Posted by mountain ride
the adrenaline rush increases in relationship to the oil pressure increases...in relationship to the rpm increase in relationship with the picket fences becoming a blurr and the telephone poles looking more like those picket fences and the birds seem to be suspended in the air and....
But seriously the pressure increase is normal.
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But seriously the pressure increase is normal.
why yes it is...
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