FE dipstick

[ERA Chas]

428,
I agree with patrick about the wisdom of a Canton RR pan (or equal). I had the same 6 qt. truck pan you describe on my old 428. While making laps at Bridge Hampton, I watched the oil pressure sink to 30 psi at 5500 going under the bridge and ceased to have fun that day. The Canton went on the following week. Yes, I know you're using your car in a mild way but it's just really good insurance to never worry about, as well as improve ground clearance as mentioned. No one will know you "incorrect" pan secret unless you turn your car up-side-down. Please don't, I love beautiful ERA "street" cars.
I have the same dipstick as SSSammy, which worked perfectly in the 428 and now the Side Oiler. As a further display of anality, I hooked a simple spring from the finger loop to the header tab and stopped the oil weeping the ancient dipstick displayed. Put a tight fitting o-ring around the tube ferrule too.
My 2 cents.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

... a Canton RR pan (or equal).

The Canton #15-820 is what I'm using. While I can't say that it "appears stock," it does have a nice look to it. BTW, Discount Performance Parts of
Richland, MS has one on Ebay right now (new in the box, plus a free pickup and T-shirt ). You can't have too many T-shirts. Here's what the 820 looks like on mine:

[Burnd]

Oil baby....... "pay me a little now; or a lot later". If those oil returns aren't camphored open; in a 6 quart pan you can suck it out of the pan and into the valve covers faster than it can return to the pan in a heartbeat and all it takes is one hard, straight accelleration on a hill. I've been to that movie before and i watched that oil pressure gauge fall to Argentina. I swore; never again. With -10 lines, I got 9 qts. in that wheelbarrow of mine and even that's not enough to make me compfy. It's called "FE Health Insurance".

bernie