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Interesting, any other issues you have that I should be aware of?

Thanks, Mark

There is more, missing water holes in the deck, seems like that about covers it lol, I am a machinist, so I was able to fix everything. Just need to know what to look for and where so u can make the fixes. Mine lived a long happy life, and made decent power for a w5 motor.

Thanks for the info I really appreciate it. My dad is a machinist as well so I'm sure we'll figure it out. Good to kmow to check for these issues!

Thanks

My early R3 block had the same crank rubbing issue..
a while with the die grinder took care of it.. and
about 10-15 times setting the crank in it

As mentioned check the oil passage 90° where the adapter bolt hole intersects the horizontal oil passage. On my R1 Brett Miller warned me to not trying cleaning it up. I wasn't smart enough to listen and after two very light cuts to blend the 90 I found water. It was very thin there but apparently had never leaked. Next time I'll listen.

I should have looked my old R1 over better, but it had been run before so I assume it didn't have these issues. So many little quirks to these things.

My block was new.. bought it at the Indy swap meet
cheap.. I was a bit concerned that I was spending
$700 for a anchor.. it was the 48* dry sump block
siamese 9.2.. it needed everything.. line bored on
both the can tunnel and crank.. clearanced around
the webbing on #2 main area and a couple of other
things.. but all in all it was a great buy.. one
of the few times I got a deal on something

I'll be going over this block with a fine tooth comb that's for sure!🤓

Isn't that a magnum race block? No shaft oiling and its machined for the factory roller cam dog-bones and retainer. Wish I could find a good deal on one of those, siamese would be even better.

From what I understand it's a 59' early R block? Didn't know they made the magnum blocks in the "R" platform. But I'm learning daily about this stuff! Can anyone else chime in?

Thanks!

You aren't even close to being alone there.
I panicked , but a quick call to Ryan J. gave me the details on what is apparently a common fix.
The mis-alignment of the drill bit paths was begging to be cleaned up and it didn't take much at all to break through.
I planned on using a remote filter anyway , so it was really no big deal..........except for the mini coronary I experiences when the burr punched through. lol

Thought I was the only one who did that.

We just checked and yep, no oil holes from the deck to the cam! Not to bad of a fix. But sure glad you mentioned it! Thanks again

No problem, I could see that it didn't in your pic.