metal in fresh oil - should I be worried?

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You own my dream mustang.

The oil pan can hold 7 quarts. Its funny. The oil pan never changed on that model mustang however the early ones call for 6 quarts. The dipstick changed when they spec'd the extra quart.
I know that engine inside and out.
The shavings could be cams,bearings or chain guides. Get the stethoscope out and listen for abnormal noises.
 
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Can't listen to it unfortunatly, it's in storage till march. Yeah the oil capacity recommendations are all over the place on these cars.
 
I saw a write up on the oil capacity on these engines once. The guy had the pan off and filled it with like 9 or 10 quarts. It still wasn't running over. I see guys running 7 qts all the time with good results.
 
My father was an executive w Ford for 20yrs, and was one of the folks in charge of that generation Mustang development team. I will ask him next time I see him if he would not mind calling a buddy of his who was one of the guys in charge of the SVT V8 development, and see what he thinks.

Ironically, I know very little about the cars myself.
 
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