I have a custom made deep stock pan running a milodon single line static pickup. I dumped 10 quarts of rotella in there to get it to full on the stick. To me that sounds like too much oil which will rob power no? Do you think i should run less oil and not go by the dipstick

Man, that is one big pan you have there....One of the benefits of a deep sump pan is that you can get the oil down away from the crankshaft and subsequently the dipstick, which would then read low.

This was a stock pan that you cut and extended?

I would think 7 or 8 quarts would be sufficient, but check it out. How high do you rev it? How far is the pick up off the bottom of the pan?

7-8 quarts is all you need IMO.

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I dumped 10 gallons of rotella in there

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Now that's a deep pan!

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No kiddin, I wouldn't wanna foot the bill for that oil change!

my cars been sitting for a few years, im just getting back into it . I forgot how much oil i used to run! Its a stock i think 346 pan i extended... I run a stock windage tray and slotted it for more oil drain back..

the pick up is right flat on the bottom of the pan. How much oil you think i should run? dump a few quarts out? lol .... I rev it to 6500

I think you meant quarts,and 10 quarts is still a butt load of oil. Class 8 Cummins and Caterpillars big rig engines take 9-10 gallons!

7 to 8 quarts with a big filter would be lots!

yes deffiently quarts not gallons !!!
so about 8 quarts?

post a pic of this pan so we can get a visual of what we are dealing with here.

I use a Moroso 7 qt pan as thats plenty of oil for my street car. Ron

1qt oil per 1,000 RPM works for me
kind of like the old 10 psi per 1,000 RPM rule of thumb.

I ran the 451 stroker at the full line the first few years I raced it. I think that was with about 7+qts of oil? I later ran it with just 6 qts and picked up some power and ET. I ran the engine like that for about eight years with no oil problems. This was shifting at around 6,300 RPM.