oil pressure depends on what your engine temp is
at cold startup, some motors see 40-50lbs
by operating temp, oil pressure should be between 15-30psi depending. VTEC needs 60psi of oil pressure to operate
anything under 10psi is bad, especially under WOT conditions. you obviouly want the most oil pressure in the higher rpms to keep from having your bottom end starving for oil. cavitation is the #1 reason for spun bearings.
i cant stress this enough, 99SIs OLD motor saw 50,000 miles of HARD ABUSE. he revved it to 9500+rpms sometimes 10,000 rpms. He had a VTEC ITR oil pump (same as GSR) and it failed after 50k miles.
the higher you spin the motor, the more MOVING parts fail. Moving parts include: distributors, alternators, oil pumps, rods (rod bolt failure/stretch).
Kevin you should be fine because you dont spin your motor high all the time. but i would reccomend swapping oil pumps every 30-40k miles on a motor seeing more than 9000rpms




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