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Love it,

Lookin' good Brian, lookin' good.

This will likely be the last update photos for a while as we just had a sewer backup which resulted in some flooding in the batroom next to my modeling room. Both will have to be stripped to get rid of the contamination.

Made the crankcase breather and wrapped some wire around solder to make the air intake pipe.

Pipe bending using the tea lite method which I picked up here.

Most interesting and inspiring Bill. If I knew where down two and then left is, I'd come down with an office chair to watch & learn.

For some reason I lost one of the manifolds. Made some from those on a junk engine. It is slowly taking shape. I managed to smear my little R3 plaque. Will have to redo.

They were at the car show in Granby last summer.

The R2 is completed.

Worked better this way. They were anchored more solidly allowing manipulation without pulling off.

Took another tack with the spark plug wires. I had glued them to the plugs but they broke off when I tried to bend them towards the shield. I'll try the other way. Also started on the ignition shield for the other 3 engines.

Some work on the R3 air box.

Thank you Stephen.

Thank you sir. Much appreciated.

Yup.

Meanwhile the R2 is nearing completion. To finish the wiring, some touch-ups and a bit of detailing and it'll be done.

Richard, would it be too much to ask for the dimensions.

For modeling purposes, the only difference between the R2 and R3 is the air box. So I scaled down a photo of the top half to get the shape. It will have to be scratchbuilt.

Here is a quick rundown to explain the differences between the different R engines, from an article by Doug Crall who looks like the expert on the matter. R1-289 CID,10.5-1 compression, flat top pistons, 4barrel AFB, 260 degree cam. estimated 240hp. R2-289 CID, 9.0-1 compression, flat top pistons, belt driven Paxton supercharger, AFB carb, Estimated 290-300hp R3-304.5 CID, 276 or 288 degree cam, Paxton supercharger,non-sealed AFB carb inside a cast pressure box. Estimated 335hp. There were only 9 production R3s (all 64's) made by Paxton products , a division of Studebaker (Granatelli brothers). There are probably 20 or so factory built (crate engines) and another 50 or so built up to R3 specs. R4-304.5 CID, 12.0-1 compression, Forged-true pistons, dual 4-barrel AFB carbs, same cam selection as R3. Only one production engine in a 64 Daytona. That engine has been restored. There was also an R4 Daytona convertible created at the factory but lost to history. R5-By Andy Granatelli, not Studebaker, 304.5 CID. He called it Duo Cento because it was to do 200mph on the salt. Modified bendix FI. Dual Paxton superchargers. Estimated over 500hp. That engine has also been restored. Apparently some of the parts were missing and had to be made.

That is a beauty Yuri.

The R series engine build is continued here:http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/117585-the-studebaker-series-of-r-engines/

Since we are now on the bench, I decided to continue here. I started on the R2, using a Starliner engine and some Avanti engines bought on eBay. The background story is here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/117564-a-studebaker-story/#comment-1703106 The belt & pulley assembly is in place. It needed a bit more than the shim I mentioned earlier to make the alternator and compressor fit the pulleys. they are from different kits.

Thanks guys. Just received an answer from Joachim Ketz of MAN Corporate Communications in Munich, and he more or less back up what Ronnie said above: It is siver matte with black valve covers . Might be of help to those doing Italeri models.

So I started with the R2. Of the 4 engines I have , one is the one from the Starliner. It is actually more detailed than the ones in the Avanti kits. I'm using that basic engine along with the R2 stuff from one of the 2 in 1 Avanti kits. It all fits except one of the pulleys which required a small shim on the front cover. I'm attempting to make an earlier version which had the supercharger on the side and still had the expansion tank, like the one below. Neither kit has the ignition shield so I scratchbuilt one. I also made the spring for the idler pulley which isn't on the part.

Yes, many Avantis had R engines. But they were available in other models too.