I don't really follow. I got done around 3:00 with the intake instal. I drove the car around the block "lightly" (as not to **** my neighbors off), checked under the hood and it looked all good. Never even crossed my mind to check the dipstick, I was focused on the power steering hoses and connections and the awesomeness of the new intake. I have a couple pics from right after the instal, but they're all from above and cannot tell at al if the dipstick is out or not.

After that, drove it to my office (7 mins away) for my 3:30 appointment, did not check under the hood. Went home the "long" way about 6:30 to play around with the car a little bit. Ran it moderately hard on the main roads, higher rpm's, but for shorter intervals.

After dinner, took it for a 15 minute highway ride, pushed it very hard around 7:45-8:00 then went back to my office and noticed a strong oil smell. I popped the hood and it looked like oil splatter over the left side (as shown in the pics), including the top of the new intake tubes. My first thought was WTF and thought my intake tube had melted a hose or something. Took a couple pics quickly so I could document and seek advice here, then I pulled the dipstick out to see how much oil was left and that is when I felt the vacuum. I didn't know if that was normal or not because my other cars have not been like that as far as I can remember.

At that point I shut the car off, went into my office, reviewed the pics and realized the dipstick was hanging out a bit before I ever even thought about touching it.

I left my office around 10:15 last night and drove it home not letting it go past 2000-2200 RPMs.

Hopefully my chain of events helps answer the question lol. Sorry for the long reply

-Shawn