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I am sorry but I don't know the exact model so I cannot be sure what it is. Shouldn't the level be the same regardless of capacity?
You're not overthinking you're seeking needed knowledge so It depends on how you're going to drive it. Think of it this way, would you want to put small oil capacity on something you just spent a bunch of money on ? Stoker engines do operate different than stock stroke in same block, piston speeds are higher, there is more stress created. My 471 is getting external oiling with an 8 quart pan & that's because I want it to live a long long time.I don't have a stock dipstick to compare to. The real question is??? Are stroker motors different from stock motors for oil levels?? Since their geometry is different, it should be. Like I mentioned, I may be overthinking this.
Yeah I'm reading that right now, I think he says there okay but not the greatest, he doesn't really get into detailFWIW, @AndyF and Chuck Senatore both question the use of louvred windage trays with a deep racing oil pan. Any thoughts on that? Both of them wrote books on Big Block Mopar engines. This is making me think twice on whether I should use it?????
Yeah good work sounds right.So I did some homework,
My oil pan holds 6 qts to 1.500 below mounting surface, 7 quarts at 1.125 inch below mount. Rubber gasket is .125 inch as well. The windage tray is 1.500 deep total. Dipstick full is 1.500 below block, low is 2.000 inch below block. So that means that at full on the dipstick I have about 6.33 quarts in the pan and whatever in the filter.
So, on my dipstick at full the oil is below the windage tray, just barely until I start the engine and the oil level would drop.
This tells me that I should keep the oil at full, confirming that my dipstick is close. Keep it full, not overfull. Windage tray is installed.
You should be fine by next year you'll have all this stuff worked out to no worriesno , 3/8" I don't really race the car much. Hopefully, next year 5-6 nights for fun.
I would like to see a dyno session without one, with one, and with a crank scraper. If you're concerned the level may be too high you could use a 7 quart pan with 6 quarts in it. That would drop the level a small amount so it wouldn't run into the crank. LOL