Rich!! Hope all is well for you. At this point 20psi at idle might be the ticket on this rotary too. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve to at least mentally feel better, I sleep better at night lol.
I am currently rebuild my s5. I did a bunch of the oil mods since I have the machines to do so and the engine is apart. Anyways my motor also had low oil pressure at idle. I have the RB oil jets, front pellet delete, ported oil pump in front cover etc. Anyways I found that the o-ring on the front cover had got pinched (s5 has the teflon o ring and rubber o-ring) and also my oil pump was badly scarred. Problem is with the front cover is it flexes under high oil pressure and that oring takes a shit. Pineapple racing make s a washer you can replace the two washers with one solid and it takes up the area and get rid of the problem. I have also seen guy run the rx8 front cover gasket (just trim off the parts you dont need. Its steel so it helps in that department and dont need the o-ring. But you may also find the oil pump is pooched. Im hoping all my mods fix my same issue. good luck.
Really appreciate you sharing your experience. Hopefully my out come will help shed some light on cause and effect for future projects. It’s been a great test and learning process for sure.
Running fd rear oil pressuire reg in my fc with shimmed front reg and i get 110psi cold start 1500-2000 rpm coil start 50-55 1000rpm idle. something deff not right, 40psi cold at like 1600-1800 no good!, have a internal leak somewhere and only area it can is front cover!
Have you seen the racing beat adjustable rear oil pressure regulator I'd be fitting one of those Think there is X2 preset regulators Shim front to suit
You’re definitely on to something there, with the Eshaft modifications, I don’t think there’s anyway around it besides getting an adjustable regulator.
@@janousekmike Oil jet modification in crankshaft lowers oil pressure so you need the adjustable rear oil pressure regulator try giving racing beat a phone call think there is a write up on racing beat or Google it etc
What a lovely surprise❤
BRAAAAP. Love from New Zealand.
Thanks for the ❤ from New Zealand!
Damn rotary…. FYI my
Pontiac is always 20 psi at idle, I enjoyed the learnings
Rich!! Hope all is well for you. At this point 20psi at idle might be the ticket on this rotary too. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve to at least mentally feel better, I sleep better at night lol.
@@janousekmike ya get that thing up and running so we can hang out and race!!
I am currently rebuild my s5. I did a bunch of the oil mods since I have the machines to do so and the engine is apart. Anyways my motor also had low oil pressure at idle. I have the RB oil jets, front pellet delete, ported oil pump in front cover etc. Anyways I found that the o-ring on the front cover had got pinched (s5 has the teflon o ring and rubber o-ring) and also my oil pump was badly scarred.
Problem is with the front cover is it flexes under high oil pressure and that oring takes a shit.
Pineapple racing make s a washer you can replace the two washers with one solid and it takes up the area and get rid of the problem. I have also seen guy run the rx8 front cover gasket (just trim off the parts you dont need. Its steel so it helps in that department and dont need the o-ring.
But you may also find the oil pump is pooched.
Im hoping all my mods fix my same issue. good luck.
Really appreciate you sharing your experience. Hopefully my out come will help shed some light on cause and effect for future projects. It’s been a great test and learning process for sure.
Running fd rear oil pressuire reg in my fc with shimmed front reg and i get 110psi cold start 1500-2000 rpm coil start 50-55 1000rpm idle. something deff not right, 40psi cold at like 1600-1800 no good!, have a internal leak somewhere and only area it can is front cover!
Have you seen the racing beat adjustable rear oil pressure regulator
I'd be fitting one of those
Think there is X2 preset regulators
Shim front to suit
You’re definitely on to something there, with the Eshaft modifications, I don’t think there’s anyway around it besides getting an adjustable regulator.
@@janousekmike
Oil jet modification in crankshaft lowers oil pressure
so you need the adjustable rear oil pressure regulator
try giving racing beat a phone call
think there is a write up on racing beat
or Google it etc
Oil jet modification lowers oil pressure
need adjustable pressure regulator to bring it back etc
think racing beat has a write up about it etc
Wheres the drag n drive rx7? Did i miss something?
drag and drive car is still alive and kicking, that’s another video at a later date. This is a time attack build for a local guy.
@janousekmike oh cool, look forward to watching you get into the 8s