Pigtail to tee on firewall- enough pressure???

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Old Feb 26, 2002 | 01:31 AM
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Default Pigtail to tee on firewall- enough pressure???

there is a post https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=134078 that shows how he took a pigtail off the block and extended it to the firewall, and ran his oil feed line and a oil pressure guage line off of it. well my question is: with that little pigtail line, how would that be enough oil getting to the bigger dia. oil feed line and also enough oil to run to the oil pressure guage?? how can that little line run enough oil to all of that?? this is the setup I am going to have to go with, but just wanted to see what you guys had to say
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Old Feb 26, 2002 | 04:20 AM
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Default Re: Pigtail to tee on firewall- enough pressure??? (turbotec)

I am running this EXACT same setup. Reason why? I had my Brass T break off on me. That was with an Autometer oil sensor and that thing just weighed too much. And on top of that, hard shifting rattled it off.

So I ended up spending a whole day drilling it out and removing all the metal shavings.

I bought an autometer oil / fuel stainless steel braided line for $35 and connected it to the back of the block, then T'd it from up top. I did lose around 5 oil PSI running that 3 feet of extra line. Thats what my oil gauge told me.
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Old Feb 26, 2002 | 12:36 PM
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Default Re: Pigtail to tee on firewall- enough pressure??? (BG Boost)

well my question is, wouldnt it make your oil pressure gauge wrong?? that is what I am thinging. you have the same size dia of hose going from the block to the tee, and then you also have the line for your oil pressure gauge. wouldnt that not send enough pressure to the gauge and give an inacurate reading?? I guess my real question is, should I use a bigger line from the block to the tee ---than I am using from the tee to the turbo?? does that make any sense
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