[1ntCobra]

Did you order that fancy bottle from the McCormick racing catalog?

Originally Posted by patrickt

This is not up on the level of Morris' stuff but my oil level investigation makes for a fun game nonetheless. Here are two pics. The first is my oil pan when the car is standing normally on my reasonably level garage floor. This is the condition under which I usually check my oil, fill the sump, check how much is being used, etc. The second pic is when I have the back of the car jacked up so that the magnetic level on the bottom of the Canton pan has its bubble in the middle of the level's window (it's jacked up a good bit). Now, when Danbury Competition calibrated my dipstick when they built my engine it was on an engine stand, not when it was sitting in my ERA. Now you can't really see my dipstick all that well but it's directly behind my fancy coolant overflow catch bottle. See if you can guess what the oil level difference is on the dipstick when you check the oil under the first photographed condition as opposed to the second. Why it's important should be obvious.