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Other thoughts on this burning question??

Interesting… and the ‘64 R4 indeed could be the ‘ noise king’! Your ‘67 327 sounds like a great ride!!

Good points… however, I was leaning to the sound of the engine itself from inside the passenger compartment. (if it’s actually possible to ignore the sounds the exhaust system produces!!!)

OPINION!…… Which of the following Avantis would probably make the MOST raucous, powerful, ‘60’s type’ engine noise, when under hard acceleration, with observer being inside the vehicle? 1) 1964 Avanti—R3 equipped 2) 1963 Avanti—R2 equipped 3) 1964 Avanti— R4 equipped 4) 1967 Avanti—327 Chev equipped All four listed vehicles equipped with 3.73 rear axles, auto trans, windows rolled up, quiet exhaust system, and radios turned OFF!! OPINIONS????

A Studebaker 340CI engine build, using as many authentic parts as possible, would certainly be a HISTORIC achievement in our world of Studebakers/Avantis… I only wish Bob Palma was alive to witness this!

That’s very interesting!

Logical … but sorry…not ‘it’ …… Answer to this trivia question… LINCOLN!! (Who would have thunk?)

Have to give you a big NO on that one….Sorry!

That wire gives the horn button a good ground to chassis… Although your horn may work without it, it really should be there.. I’d re-connect it.

Sorry…. Not Poncho!!

Sure looks pretty!!

Back when the folks at Paxton Products were scrambling to sell off the last of their Studebaker R3/R4 engines... and were running short of some of the special parts required to build these engines, engine valves were supposedly sourced from …..?….. 1) Chrysler…..2) Pontiac….3) Lincoln…..or…..4) American Motors

It takes all kinds!!

Remarkable… very nicely done!

I would imagine the rare R3-R4 type cylinder heads would bolt right on to the prototype 340… without the needed cylinder chamfering found in the smaller 305 CI blocks.

I wonder if the one or two experimental 340 CI Studebaker engine blocks, that made it out of the factory, had any type of numbering I.D. on them?

The Avanti factory installed a proportioning valve on their 1983 models… However, (I think) they used it because the rear drum brakes on the ‘83’s, although the same size as the rear brakes on Studebaker Avantis, were self-energizing and had more stopping power.

Those plugs are ‘oldies but goodies’….NICE!

Ha ha!!!!!!!!!!

45 lbs?….Whoa!!!!!

Paul, I have Magnums like yours on my Avanti…. however my center caps are much deeper, (or one could say ‘taller’ than yours) Too bad you can’t find a set of caps like mine, as they are retained by a cone shaped inner bracket, with two 1/4” short bolts passing through the cone and into the back of the center cap…. Bulletproof, and very easy to remove & install. ( sorry my comment doesn’t really help with your issue!)

A really good grease job on the front suspension may help some… paying particular attention to make sure the grease comes out both the bottom & top of the king pins… sometimes it’s a struggle to get the grease to come out the top around the needle bearing.. but it’s a MUST that it does.. rotating that needle bearing with vise grips will help to work the grease into it. Also… I wouldn’t mount a tire any wider than a 205 on an Avanti with manual steering.

It served a purpose… but truly was a monstrosity!!

Looks like 63R4223 went to an excellent home!!

Absolutely beautiful engine & installation!! Can you please post info on the aluminum radiator which you purchased?