Re: Eric's 1925 Packard Barchetta Speedster Project

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2008/9/18 3:27:09

After much thought on how to mount the turbo's and the carbs, and even considering drawing from one single 4bbl carb in between the two turbos, I did some head scratching tonight out in the garage, and decided that this would be the best way to go, so I mocked it up. Now, the turbo's will sit higher than it is in this pic, about 3" or 4" or so, hopefully no higher. Also, forgive my use of the paper towel roll, but it's the perfect size for the inside of both the turbo intake and the HS6 intake. The beauty of all this is that it solves a multitude of problems, and keeps the carb away from the heat of the turbo's. It also allows me to have plenty of room to run carb linkage, oil lines, and coolant lines for the turbo's. And since I plan on using an electric fuel pump, the fuel line can run on the driver's side of the car, so I won't have to run around in front of the engine with a fuel line from the fuel pump. Whatcha all think?

P.S., I think Mal came up with this idea months ago, but I didn't want to do it because I didn't want the carbs to go over the engine. But now that I look at it, I actually like it!

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