Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by HH56 On 2016/6/7 17:56:35

From an old post of Craigs at AACA stall speed on all 55 regular cars was 1650. Slightly higher on the Caribbean but number not given.

56 also had two different converters -- one used on 4 doors and the other with a higher stall used on the HTs. I've seen the numbers in print but can't find them at the moment.

Won't swear to it but seems to me the stall on the 56 sedan was around 1800 which may have been similar to the 55 Caribbean and then around 2K for the higher performance converters used on 56 HTs and Caribbeans.

Will keep looking and see if I can find the actual numbers but for your finding something suitable I would think the range of 1650 to 1800 would be a starting place.