Took a chance on an oddball R3. What intake for 9.200?

Posted By: dizuster

Took a chance on an oddball R3. What intake for 9.200? - 12/11/13 01:52 AM

Well I fell into a SCREAMING deal on a R3 block today. Appears to be a very early block (prototype?). 59 degree, 4 bolt main, siamese bore, 318/340 intake, 10 head bolts. The only odd thing is it's a 9.200" deck.

What the heck am I supposed to do for an intake?!

It was so cheap though, I could afford to get a sheet metal intake made for it and still be ahead... lol

Posted By: RAY1969CARS

Re: Took a chance on an oddball R3. What intake for 9.200? - 12/11/13 02:05 AM

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Well I fell into a SCREAMING deal on a R3 block today. Appears to be a very early block (prototype?). 59 degree, 4 bolt main, siamese bore, 318/340 intake, 10 head bolts. The only odd thing is it's a 9.200" deck.

What the heck am I supposed to do for an intake?!

It was so cheap though, I could afford to get a sheet metal intake made for it and still be ahead... lol

cool where do you find it ? I'm looking for a 59 degree block myself

Posted By: Hot 340

Re: Took a chance on an oddball R3. What intake for 9.200? - 12/11/13 02:21 AM

What cam tunnel is in it? Might not be all that great of a deal.

Posted By: W5DART66

Re: Took a chance on an oddball R3. What intake for 9.200? - 12/11/13 02:23 AM

What heads?

Be nice with set of 59* w9s. :-)

The problem with that block may be cam that block got machined with 48* bearings and 59* lifters.

They did some cam cores to fix this at one point.

Posted By: SpareParts

Re: Took a chance on an oddball R3. What intake for 9.200? - 12/11/13 02:37 AM

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What heads?

Be nice with set of 59* w9s. :-)

The problem with that block may be cam that block got machined with 48* bearings and 59* lifters.

They did some cam cores to fix this at one point.

I've got a set of these heads

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Took a chance on an oddball R3. What intake for 9.200? - 12/11/13 02:57 AM

Scott I have a spare that should fit with W-9s

Posted By: DJVCuda

Re: Took a chance on an oddball R3. What intake for 9.200? - 12/11/13 03:02 AM

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What cam tunnel is in it? Might not be all that great of a deal.

- Do some research first on the cam tunnel

Posted By: dizuster

Re: Took a chance on an oddball R3. What intake for 9.200? - 12/11/13 03:37 AM

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What cam tunnel is in it? Might not be all that great of a deal.

Whoa that scared me... Had to go out to the garage to make sure. Whew... No problems, it measures stock cam journal sizes.

W9? Hmmmmm... It'd have to be a good deal for me to go that route, sort of a pain to use.... High dollar rockers, unique headers, etc...

I'm just glad with my planned upgrades, I don't need to be the one to test a stock block at 800hp+ now in the spring! Scary enough at 700hp+ this past year!