HV oil pump vs Stock oil pan

512,
Lets look at some facts.
[1] Todays engines run thin oil such as 0/20 or 5/30, thinner than you are using, & they are not wiping out cam brgs. Even performance BB engines, Nascar engines etc, are using these thin oils to reduce friction & pick up a few HP.
[2] It is an engineering fact that roller & ball brgs will run with minimal lubrication, whereas a plain brgs needs a constant supply of lubricant. Roller rockers with needle rollers do not need a huge supply of oil. Your top end is UNLIKELY to be causing a pressure loss in the system, any greater than the factory system. The factory system uses a shaft with a hole in the bottom that lines up with a groove in the rocker that allows the oil to leaks out; you have 16 oil leaks with the factory set up...
[3] Pressure drop in the system. I have tested this on a couple of engines, with the sender mounted AFTER the oil filter & also at the end of the oil oiling system. On one engine there was a 5 psi loss, other engine no loss. There is no wholesale loss of oil pressure.
[4] As stated earlier, the idiot light is designed to come on at 3-5 psi. Would manufacturers risk warranty claims if this was too low?
[5] Engine oils. Some are friction modified. A fancy term that means the oil gets thinner as the oil temp increases & helps to get better mileage in mileage tests. In Australia, we can get non-friction modified oil that adds about 10 psi to the hot idle oil pressure. If the oil you are using is FM, then finding some non-FM oil will boost your idle oil pressure, problem solved...


That’s funny because I’ve tested oil pressure at he shafts and it was 20 down from the gauge port. There is usually more than a 5 psi drop across most cheap oil filters.