HV oil pump vs Stock oil pan

Possibly, but 10 at idle is OK as long as it comes up quickly by 2000 RPM. If worried, I would check main and rod bearing clearances and try to have them in a street engine, on the lower end.


10 at idle will cause the cam to ride on the bearings. See it all the time. By the time the oil gets to the cam bearings with 10 on the gauge (assuming the gauge is correct) you’ll have zero or close to it at the cam bearings too. I’ve never be able to wrap my mind around running low oil pressure like that at idle. The cam sees the same over the nose pressure at idle as it does at rpm. Drop a decent roller cam in there with 180 on the seat and 500 over the nose and that low oil pressure at idle will eat a set of cam bearings right quick.