'65 oil pressure gauge - 60 or 80psi?

[Oliver S.]

Hello,

my '65 Corvette (Serial # 48) has got a 300 hp original engine and a 80 psi oil pressure gauge. According to my limited knowledge this should be a 60 psi gauge.
Am I right - or is my car right :-) ?

Regards
Oliver

[Joe C.]

Re: '65 oil pressure gauge - 60 or 80psi?

Oliver,

Yes, it should be the 60 psi gauge. It should also have the 5500 rpm redline tach.

Joe

[Philip C.]

Good rule

Soild lifter motors have 80lb gauge, hyro lifter have 60lb gauge except in 63 Phil 8063

[Michael H.]

Re: Good rule

Then there's the 66 390 HP 427 with hyd lifters that used an 80# ga. It all gets pretty confusing. What about 64?

[Philip C.]

Good rule

What 64s are you talking about? Mike Ive seen 66 390s with 80lbs but was not 100% sure they were orig. is it your under standing that all 390hp had the 80lb gauge or could it go both ways. Thanks Phil 8063

[Michael H.]

Re: Good rule

Phil,

I suppose it's possible that some 66 390 HP 427 cars were originally equipped with 60 Lb guages but I've never seen one that I thought was original. Every unrestored car that we see has an 80 Lb. I think several cars have been changed to 60 Lb to align with one of the previous 66 judging guides but I believe that has been corrected?

There was an in depth discussion here on the board about a year ago on this subject. No one with an unrestored car claimed to have a 60 Lb guage as I remember.

[Philip C.]

Thanks Mike

Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing, some folks build their cars to the manual and they are not correct or its a type 0 and the poor guy follows the guide down the wrong road. Phil 8063