Oil temp gauge installed

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Originally Posted by Texasdoc

No oil cooler. I will see if I can figure out how far the crank counter-weights go into the pan and compare the oil level. I'll just add a quart or two of oil and see what the temp sensor does. I'll give Canton a call this week as well.

I'd still like to know how much distance there is between a stock crank and the oil level set by Ford. I may just do the math/geometry - figure out how much oil so it is just short of the crank. With the high volume pump, it will probably lower the level pretty quickly once the motor starts.

If I am doing the math right, the stroke is 4”, the rod bearings are 2.3”, so the largest radius of the crank would be 3.3”. Adding a fudge factor, I could set the level at 3.5-4 inches below the crank center line about be at about the max oil level.

When you are checking your oil, engine off with the dipstick almost your entire oil system apart from the filter and little pools here and there will be in the pan. The entire volume of the box at the bottom is 8.7 qts to the top., deduduct about 0.7 qts for the filter and there is an 8 qt fill, don’t think you want it to the top though, I run mine at 7 qts once it has filled the filter and cooler and hoses: 7 qts shutoff in the pan...