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RE: 428 build up
By Mike McQuesten - 04/18/2002 12:20:47 PM; IP 206.193.0.122
All of Kevin's suggestions/thoughts I agree with except the pan. If you do use a stock type "5 quart" pan, do follow Ford's recommendation of maintaining 6 quarts of oil. And the windage tray is a given....you should/have to run one. They're even still available from the Ford HP parts program for cheap, around $40 - $50. They're not finished off quite as nicely has the originals from '69 but you can dress the sharp edges your self.

I'd recommend running Milodon's Street & Strip 7 quart pan. It's nothing more than a standard late sixties FE pan with the indents to clear the steering of unibody cars. It's cut and a "spacer" nicely sandwiched between the original pan bottom and the rest. They also offer a 5/8" pick-up tube & screen for this pan. It's nice to have that big tube pick-up especially with a blueprinted pump providing 70-80 psi. I'm assuming you are planning all the standard oil improvements to the block. As for this Milo pan, it's very similar to the one Ford offered for the FE through the Muscle Parts program back in the days when you bought your Fairlane. You could make your own with a reasonable degree of welding skills.

A powerful 428CJ or any FE for that matter is prone to sucking a front sump pan dry under hard acceleration or even reasonable speeds around sharp corners. It may only be for a few moments but you don't want to see that oil pressure guage needle dropping to zip and then back. Not a good thing.
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