This summer I bought one of these blocks at a swap meet for a very recent price. I found out why. Seems there was a hole in the oil filter cavity next to the water jacket. As it turns out, the casting is very thin in this area, (at least in mine) and couldn't be welded shut. They ended up welding the oil filter feed shut, which will necessitate running a remote filter. Just thought I'd pass this on to anyone thinking of going with one of these pieces. I'd have never seen the hole except that I was radiusing the oil gallery. I'll be posting picks of the build on this thing as a matter of passing interest or revisions and work that yourselves may have to duplicate to run one of these blocks. They're very close to the R3's which will likely need the same revisions.
340 Repro block.........
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Hey Len, What heads are on top?
Do, please do post pictures. I hope to get one of those one day. Or similar block for serious power producing.
Do, please do post pictures. I hope to get one of those one day. Or similar block for serious power producing.
The heads in the pic are actually W7's and accompanying intake. I picked up those from RJ at Shady Dell because I couldn't find any W5's. Since then, Ryan located a new set and worked his majic on them. So the 7's are now a shelf piece. Might be a nice comparo pic between J's, 5's and 7's.
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