Anyone ever use one of these?

Seems like it would be a nice saftey feature in case something goes wrong and you don't catch the guage in time (or don't have one)

Oil Pressure Saftey Switch

Shuts off the engine if the oil pressure drop below 7 psi
and only $13

http://store.summitracing.com/...G1438

 

id like to see how well it works. get one and test it out!

ill buy one

 

all it is, is an adjustable oil pressure sending unit that cuts off the electrical supply to the car... Its a good thing to have, but just more wiring to have hanging around IMO...

I prefer my Nordskog digital oil pressure gauge... once it drops below a certian PSI, it flashes bright red at me... same thing if water temp heats up, or volts drop low... the proper gauge flashes...

 

Ummm it'd be nice if it were alittle higher than 7psi


I guess you're probably talking about 7 psi under the norm. . . nevermind

 

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I guess you're probably talking about 7 psi under the norm. . . nevermind </TD></TR></TABLE>

no, it is 7psi... They make them that are higher, but you have to remember, some vehicles at idle are only pushing 10-15psi... and you dont want your vehicle to stall when it idles...

 

**** man my **** would never start when at operation temps then... ehhe probably cause how i have my guage hooked up... i like like a huge as T off my block... iwanna get a sandwich but i want an oil cooler so i dont konw wtf im gonna do... im thinking just get like a oil cooler block then get an earls fitting and tap that bitch and put my turbo supply line into that.. what u ******* think? good yes no?

ps: i mean ******* in a good way

 

I may pick one up if I hear some positive things from some other sources (domestic people that may have used it)

I only hope I don't have to "test" it out cuz then somethings wrong lol.

 

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I only hope I don't have to "test" it out cuz then somethings wrong lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

the only way your gonna test it is if your cars oil system takes a **** , so then yes , somthing would be wrong....

 

yup, thats what im hoping to avoid, thats why i'd like to find someone who has had that happen to them and see if it works well

 

I hope you only plan on using it while drag racing. There's a serious possible safety issue if you plan on using it on the street and any track with a turn and lack of stopping room.

 

hmm, good point

no engine = no vacuum = no brakes =

maybe hook it up to a led light instead of the ignition so if the light goes out, i can kill the engine when its safe.

 

Might as well just get a gauge with an audible and visible warning.

If the oil pressure is already down while making a hard run, you've pretty much already toasted the engine. It only takes a heartbeat. Bringing the car to a safe and full stop to protect lives is a greater priority.

Keep things practical. I've already considered a lot of the points of using one of those....it's got a pretty limited application.

 

yea, looks i am going the way you've already been lol

I just found it today in the summit mag

guess ill just stick to a guage

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Foozball26 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hmm, good point

no engine = no vacuum = no brakes =

maybe hook it up to a led light instead of the ignition so if the light goes out, i can kill the engine when its safe.</TD></TR></TABLE>

No... The brakes are VACCUUM ASSIST... They WILL work without the engine running...

Also, you have another issue... If you hook this up to your ignition, you go to start your car, and your car aint gonna have any electrical juice, because there is no oil pressure... know what i mean? You'd have to hook up an SPDT relay to a switch that you could flip on once the car is already running...

I do know some domestic people that run them, but none of them have ever used them...

ALso, just get an autometer warning light... You can setup an autometer warning light to come on once your oil pressure hits a certain point. Its a pencil sized shift light basically....

 

yea, i know they're vacuum assisted but have you ever tried to stop a car without that assistance? even from slow speeds is not fun

imagine from 120 ish

 

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imagine from 120 ish</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes actually, i have... I did it from 40mph Sunday night with no problem... Smelled something burning under the car, turned it off, drove into a parking lot and stopped w/o power brakes or power steering...

EDIT: Turned out it was the undercoating burning from the flames the open downpipe was shooting...

 

yea, when you shut the car off you still have some assitance from the vacuum still in the system to help.

it was a while ago when I did it but i remember having to stand on the brake pedal almost ot get it to stop rolling. so i dunno.

lol yea i used to shoot flames out of my downpipe when the decel fuel rate was too high, so every time i let off the gas BANG and then flames...woot

 

get an electic sensor and put a speaker on it