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  1. Numbers 8 and 9 were used as test cars and there as potential backups in 1962. In 1963 the 9 car was setup with the final version of the R3 and bumped the record up to 170.78mph. I remember that Andy had said that the 299s ran better and were a better balanced engine than the 304.5. The 8 car was still used for testing but never did run quite right. It was not an overheating issue but I'm not sure what it was. There was a lot of testing so it could have been any number of things. September 16, 1963 the salt conditions were too bad. October 16-23 the salt was wet and they had traction issues and because of this the Due Cento only achieved 198. Somewhere I have copies that Andy gave me of the actual time slips, I'll keep looking. They planned to return but then became the end of Studebaker. So the 9 car was used for record purposes with the R3 since it was running better than the 8 car. So long story short in 62 the Due Cento (which it wasn't named yet) ran the best with the 299 and then in 63 between the 8 and 9, the 9 ran better so was used for the R3 records. I hope that I answered that question.
  2. Good to know. I had heard that it was removed when John passed.
  3. The heads on that engine are definitely not those from a Due Cento engine. The Due Cento had domed pistons and therefore had modified combustion chambers on the heads. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but I also want correct information being told. What B number is stamped on that block? It is good to see that the intake components are there. Does anyone know what all the current owner of the car has? It also seems as though the number 9 car has disappeared. Anyone know of its whereabouts?
  4. Vince and I were good friends years ago. I helped out around the shop for a while before working for Mercedes-Benz. Also I specifically talked with Andy back in 2012 (around there) about this engine after I saw it at the South Bend meet. All of the Due Cento engines had been stamped, this one was not. Also Andy confirmed that none of the engines had a hole in the cylinder, this one pictured above did. There was an engine for the Due Cento that was blown on the dyno, but it was numbered. Somewhere I think I have a list laying around from Andy of which blocks were R-3s, which were built to be R-4s, and what block numbers were R-5s. He did confirm that the engine above does have one of the original intake systems and pulley setups that was used on the car.
  5. As far as the Due Cento goes my understanding is that the engine that has been built is a tribute (for lack of better terms) with some of the original intake components.
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