Even with only three quarts actually in the sump, it should be impossible for your car to uncover the pickup on initial launch -if everything is as it should be.
An improperly located pickup or even the slightest crack in the tube could cause an instant loss of pressure.
Huh ? .... hot oil in-the-sump is almost like water ! and if you launch the car with an oil-pan that has no baffling with THREE QUARTS of oil in-the-sump you WILL have oil pressure issues.
A crack in the pickup tube ....will affect ONLY during a launch ? ..... Huh ?? It will suck-air(depending on where the crack is) and effect oil-pressure all-the-time !
And to all that think baffling is not important ... LOOK at what the OEM put on any HP car. Most had front and rear baffling.
