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Car tuned but wait……. There’s more!!

So tuner came out today and got the firebird road worthy and I must say… it’s pretty dang sweet!! However… the next issue we found was I am getting a lifter tick and oil pressure drop (8psi ish) at idle after the oil temp gets up there (can’t recall how temp he said when we were driving). pressure did come back to 30+ when accelerating. LS3 BTR stage 2 V.2 cam with the stuff deleted, and running Melling 10296 pump with black o ring. Didn’t touch the barbell, doesn’t seem to be foaming the oil, and sadly I’m not absolutely positive the oil sump is 1/4 or so from bottom of pan. I was running Valvoline 5w30 synthetic and the thought was that the oil gets too warm and the oil too thin to essentially lose viscosity? So some suggestions we discussed were:

change oil and look for flakes
Heavier oil ZR1 20/50 was brought up
Interwebs suggests Mobil 1 FS European Car Formula 0W-40 or Pennzoil Platinum Euro 5W-40
Oil cooler with thermostatic plate
Scrap the car And buy a Prius.

I want to hear your thoughts on what you are thinking.

I’m sure I’m missing details and will try to fill them in as this gets discussed but I really really really hope to not have to tear this motor out again if I can help it.

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Car tuned but wait……. There’s more!!