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Great story. The only hiccup I saw was the mention that "This is one of the neatest and most rare high performance V8s produced from a Detroit manufacturer". Folks in South Bend will be steaming over that one.
My first car in the mid sixties was a 1955 Commander with pretty much the same engine but with only one 4-barrel. My dad built the engine basically to R4 specs with the addition of Jahns racing pistons. It was bored to 304.5 with a slightly radical cam and had been blueprinted, and ported and polished heads. That was pretty sophisticated stuff back then but my dad worked for Valley Ring and Rebore in Van Nuys and got most of the work done there for free. I don't remember what the horsepower rating was but I remember on weekends paying for my cruising gas by street racing neighborhood hot rods for money. That worked great until I got a reputation for whipping every bodies behinds and the races dried up.
This R4 in a Wagonaire should be a screamer. I can't wait to see the article on that.Ed Sallia
Dundee, OR
Sol Lucet Omnibus
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Originally posted by Andy R. View PostNot that it matters, but is that the color Studebaker/Paxton used for the R4?
Interestingly, a member of the Potomac Chapter, as I remember him telling it, used to drag a R-4 powered Wagonaire. I have emailed him with the url for this story to see if it could be his old rig. It would be in interesting to know the engine number.Paul Johnson, Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.
'64 Daytona Wagonaire, '64 Avanti R-1, Museum R-4 engine, '72 Gravely Model 430 with Onan engine
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Originally posted by 70Avanti2 View PostWhy is the oil filter on the pass. side?
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R4 Blog on Bang Shift
Check out the Bang Shift blog. I think you will enjoy it. Great pictures too.
Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Eastern North Carolina Chapter
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Originally posted by Commander Eddie View PostGreat story. The only hiccup I saw was the mention that "This is one of the neatest and most rare high performance V8s produced from a Detroit manufacturer". Folks in South Bend will be steaming over that one.Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Eastern North Carolina Chapter
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Aren't the small block Chevy Full Flow Oil Filters on the Left Side? I know their Starters are on the Right Side.
It makes no difference where it mounts as long as the internal Oil Galleries in the Block route it directly from the Oil Pump. I think an R4 is pretty much a Studebaker!StudeRich
Second Generation Stude Driver,
Proud '54 Starliner Owner
SDC Member Since 1967
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Originally posted by Commander Eddie View PostGreat story. The only hiccup I saw was the mention that "This is one of the neatest and most rare high performance V8s produced from a Detroit manufacturer". Folks in South Bend will be steaming over that one.
"This is one of the neatest and most rare high performance V8s produced from an American manufacturer (Stude was based in South Bend, Indiana). "
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