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06-19-2003, 12:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
mstngjoe
 
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Cal-Custom 289/302 oil pan-who\'s using one?

Is anyone using this Cal-Custom oil pan?

I'm trying to verify the oil capacity and not having any luck.

TIA.
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06-20-2003, 01:47 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Cal-Custom 289/302 oil pan-who\'s using one?

Joe, that looks very similar to some oil pans I see at swap meets. Just by looking I am going to say that they are a normal size pan of 5 qts, but I cant say for sure.
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06-20-2003, 02:59 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Cal-Custom 289/302 oil pan-who\'s using one?

[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]standard oil capacity, 4qts.
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06-20-2003, 07:04 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Cal-Custom 289/302 oil pan-who\'s using one?

Toss in 5 quarts, run it and see where it sits on the dipstick. Looks like stock capacity to me too.
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06-20-2003, 07:38 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Cal-Custom 289/302 oil pan-who\'s using one?

Thanks for the feedback guys. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

My 331 was built up from a bare block. To make a long story short, I ended up with two oil dip sticks. And to complicate matters, the early 289/302 engines had at least two different length dip stick tubes. The timing cover I'm using now didn't have a tube when I got it. Tube came from a swap meet along with one of the sticks. Don't remember which one. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

I kept this pan from my old engine. On the old engine it took 6 quarts at the oil change to get oil to the full mark on THAT particular stick/tube combination. I now have the measurements of the stick and tube from my old engine. That engine now has a stock replacement pan on it. Unfortuneatly, the current owner is out of town and I can't get an immediate answer to how much oil HE put in it. I emailed him and expect a reply shortly.

Bottom line is; I'm either even or one quart over!
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