Ok, so this post is like a year old, but I figure since this topic came up like 80 times on search, why post an 81st? It would seem to me that an oil pressure gauge would not do much good against monitoring oil starvation during right hand cornering... sure, you might see the pressure drop with the gauge, but in a right hand corner shutting the engine down or backing off to steer straight does not seem like a viable option to get the pressure back up, so pretty much for oil starvation the only thing you could do is watch the engine being killed. The reason I have an oil pressure gauge is to monitor things like oil leaks, which would alert me before the idiot light did to a decrease in pressure which would allow me to shut the engine down in time before I threw a rod or froze the engine. Right hand cornering in our cars has been a known flaw, and the only way I see to get rid of the spun bearing problem is to upgrade the oil system so that oil is kept down around the bearings, but as I said I do not see how watching the engine starve itself helps. Just my .02 cents worth.... feedback would be appreciated..... since this is just my opinion.....
BTW, in case you are wondering why I replied so late.... its because I am prepping my car for an oil pressure gauge install and want to do it right and am wanting opinions on different install points.... all the threads I have read talk to some length about proper location but no decision has ever been reached... so if I am right on this point.... in the head it goes.... and if not, I guess an attitude adjustment is in order
