<VV> Oil Pressure Switch Improvement

[ricknorris at suddenlink.net]

Also I have a pressure switch from a clothes dryer connected to the top engine shroud that in the event of a fan belt getting tossed will light up a bright yellow light on the dash. I've seen this one a few times!
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Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com 

---- John Kepler <jekepler at amplex.net> wrote: 
> 
> 
> On my race car I use an adjustable oil pressure switch. Came from Speedway
> catalog I think. Anyway, I set it at 20 psi which means if my oil pressure
> goes below 20 psi it will turn on a big bright red light on the dash that
> gets my attention. It has lit when corneing hard at Roebling Road. It was
> caused by low oil level.
> 
> 
> One thing you could also mention Rick....is that this is a typical set-up in
> MOST racing engines.  Without radio telemetry, a "busy driver" is a LOT
> better with an "Idiot Light" he can't miss (or ignore!) than a gauge!  FWIW,
> in our water-pumping Nissan's, we also had a pressure switch in the cooling
> system with a separate "Idiot Light" (a blue one)...you can slag a motor
> with a busted hose without ever getting any indication of over-heating from
> the temp sensor!
> 
> John
> 
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