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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / August 2006R1 Wagonaire Engine
Now that I have the R1 engine torn down I have discovered it is a clover leaf block. It has a clover leaf by the JT engine # (stamped in the correct place on the block by whoever replaced the original engine) with the traces of a clover leaf and a number 8. The crank has a clearer clover leaf with the number 84 next to the number 1 on the rear of the crank. Anyone ever seen the clover leaf stamped on the crank shaft? The engine has R1 pistons with the correct R1 casting #'s. A fiber timing gear which I will replace with the correct aluminum one and R1 heads that are the correct casting number. I am going to use the R1 heads but with a thicker gasket to reduce the compression ratio by .50. The rust damaged cylinder bore is not as bad as I thought. I am going to run a hone in it to clean it up. The piston in the damaged cylinder however had rings that were completly frozen (checked one other cylinder and the piston and rings were fine) and imbedded in the ring groves on the piston so I replaced that piston with one from my R1 Avanti piston stock. All in all it is a fun project. Please explain what a "clover leaf block" is. Joe Roberts They were replacement engines sold by the factory. Could they be called crate engines? Henry > Please explain what a "clover leaf block" is. > Joe Roberts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 378 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now! > They were replacement engines sold by the factory. Could they be called > crate engines? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Try SPAMfighter for free now! The cloverleaf stamp indicated heavy duty components ie these engines were replacement heavy duty truck engines. The number 84 is inside the clover leaf symbol. Does anyone know what the number means? > > They were replacement engines sold by the factory. Could they be called > > crate engines? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > The cloverleaf stamp indicated heavy duty components ie these engines > were replacement heavy duty truck engines. I found another clover leaf symbol stamped in the block while cleaning sludge off the engine. This one is back bt the distributor whole on the flat surface. Evidently, Studebaker stamped these clover leaf blocks all over the place. That is the 3rd one I've found. > The number 84 is inside the clover leaf symbol. Does anyone know what > the number means? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > The cloverleaf stamp indicated heavy duty components ie these engines > > were replacement heavy duty truck engines. To Joe R. Here is a link to a previous thread on clover leaf engines. The shops that did the replacement would stamp the original ser. number onto the new block next to the clover leaf. Some did and some didn't. My 289 has only the clover leaf and no number. The thread is under the title "What do engines number mean? - engine letters.jpg (0/1)" http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.studebaker/browse_thread/thread/72d1ec4 c80f3b75d/?hl=en# Tony in Austin Tony - How is the GT Hawk coming along? No news since the stolen transmission incident several weeks ago. Did you get another tranny for it or what? You've gotta get that thing running again...I want to see my old "Baby" on the road! Bob > To Joe R. > Here is a link to a previous thread on clover leaf engines. The shops [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.studebaker/browse_thread/thread/72d1ec4 c80f3b75d/?hl=en# > Tony in Austin |
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