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<blockquote data-quote="SlowSVT" data-source="post: 15351730" data-attributes="member: 20202"><p>Troy</p><p></p><p>Another thing to consider is the amount of oil floating around the engine. Snakebit raised the issue of the trip setting of the sensor at 4 or more quarts which makes sense from a certain perspective. The problem is a considerable amount of oil gets trapped in the heads and suspended in the air from all the reciprocating components spinning inside the engine. A friend of mine windowed the block on a blown 426 hemi engine at Bonneville ................ TWICE!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]689226[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After the second engine he figured out the motor whipped-up the oil to the extent there was nothing left in the dry sump pan. That 7-9 quarts needed to get the correct level of oil in the Terminator sump will read "low" once the engine is running which the factory engineers already have taken into account so you may have 3-4 quarts left in there when it running. Add lateral G's to the equation will have the sensor tripping pretty often giving the impression the engine oil is low which is why some thought should be given to sensor height in the pan.</p><p></p><p>I will take some readings on what the minimum volume of oil will keep the pick-up submerged and at what angle which will simulates the oil level at lateral G's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlowSVT, post: 15351730, member: 20202"] Troy Another thing to consider is the amount of oil floating around the engine. Snakebit raised the issue of the trip setting of the sensor at 4 or more quarts which makes sense from a certain perspective. The problem is a considerable amount of oil gets trapped in the heads and suspended in the air from all the reciprocating components spinning inside the engine. A friend of mine windowed the block on a blown 426 hemi engine at Bonneville ................ TWICE! [ATTACH=full]689226[/ATTACH] After the second engine he figured out the motor whipped-up the oil to the extent there was nothing left in the dry sump pan. That 7-9 quarts needed to get the correct level of oil in the Terminator sump will read "low" once the engine is running which the factory engineers already have taken into account so you may have 3-4 quarts left in there when it running. Add lateral G's to the equation will have the sensor tripping pretty often giving the impression the engine oil is low which is why some thought should be given to sensor height in the pan. I will take some readings on what the minimum volume of oil will keep the pick-up submerged and at what angle which will simulates the oil level at lateral G's. [/QUOTE]
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