oil capacity

I run my Milodon pan with 8 quarts in the pan on the add mark with the filter full. I have always run my cars at the add mark (one quart low) when drag racing. It keeps the crank from whipping the oil which is worse than running a quart low. I have never had a failure doing this. I have even ran my stock pans one quart low which only left 3 quarts in the pan of a Stage 1 Buick I used to run in the early 80's. It ran low 12's and never had a problem. If you decide to run it a quart low you need to check your oil more often than if it was at the full mark because you don't have as much cushion when it gets low. I actually check my oil level everytime I go to drive my car.