[DeTomaso] Cleveland Dip Sticks

[Mike Drew]

Bud,

Don’t forget, the Mustang etc had the motor tilted nose up. So the dipstick reached further into the pan. So it’s not quite an an apples to apples comparison. 

The real way to test it is to inspect it with the oil pan removed and compare the location of the dipstick to the crank journals. 

Mike


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> On Jun 22, 2024, at 20:47, B Hower via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>    FWIW:
>   I did some testing today with an actual oil level in a Cleveland:
>   1) I used a stock Pantera tube and 38" dipstick and got a reading.
>   2) I took a Torino OEM tube and stick, shimmed up the Torino tube until
>   I got the same reading on the Torino stick.
>   3) I found the difference in them to be ~ .725".
>   4) I plan to do a test in a 351C with a Ford OEM oil pan, to see how
>   much oil it will take to reach the full mark using the Pantea set up
>   after using a stock Ford tube and stick to fill to it's full mark.
>   Do any of you know what I will find out?
>   Still learning,
>   Bud   .. Drive it like there is no tomorrow, for there may not be.
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