How much oil in a Kevko pan?

fishy68 said
I noticed the same thing, how it only take about 4 qts for oil to pour out of the upper plug. Not sure why that is when they say it holds 5 qts. Going by the factory dipstick it holds 5 qts. (+1 for the filter) when at the full mark and that's what I run. I've thought about calling Kevin and see what he says about it, just never get around to it.

They aren't much of a deep sump but they do control the oil well. For a street and occasional strip car their ok but if it were a strip only car I'd look into something with more capacity.

Yea, not sure why that is either...strange I find, especially since it used to be advertised as a 6 quart pan! lol

I was going to go for a Milodon low pro 7 qt, until I read this post by Brian at IMM doing some searching

Next time you guys have an oil pan laying around, pour the pans with water in a graduated container so you can measure just how much it takes to fill them up to the baffles (or the top of the sump).
A milodon street/strip 7Qt pan is FULL with 5Qts exactly! Any more than that and the oil will come out of the sump which is not good.
So 5Qts, plus 1/2 for the filter and 1/2 for the oil galleys = 6 Total Qts. using a 7QT pan!!

If that is the case, the kevko essentially has the same or just slightly less capacity...Making a decision for myself just got harder now...I would like more oil capacity, but need the ground clearance. Also, I don't want my 4" crank dragging oil from the pan floor with 5 qts in the pan (when I poured it to 5 qts some liquid made it on to the rear pan floor)....damn decisions