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Regular Studebaker 289 V8 'dished' pistons can be substituted for use in an Avanti 'R' engine....but Avanti 'R' type pistons cannot be used in a regular Studebaker 289 V8 engine....True?

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True. It is due to the compression ratio.

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Flat top pistons in place of dished pistons? They would fit but the specs of the engine would be wrong for the designed use of the engine. There would be a mismatch in the timing, compression, combustion chambers, etc. it could be done, but why?

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"It could be done" is what we're looking for here....Correct!.... Answer to question ..FALSE

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Of course it could be done. I did it back in 1967 when I rebuilt a 1960 Hawk engine to include a R1/R2 cam to increase the compression ratio.

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