Re: 1958 Packard ( Carb Change)

Posted by HH56 On 2023/6/20 9:19:15

For various reasons, several have used Edelbrock carbs with an adapter on the Packard 352 engine and been happy with the result. A few old posts on the forum here have their experiences. Since the 58 Packard was built by Studebaker in South Bend and is identical to a well equipped Studebaker President in everything but name and a few pieces of trim, you might also ask your question at the Studebaker forum. The 289 was Studebaker's large engine and was used thru 64 so far more of those engines are in that world. Undoubtedly some have been modified with the conversion you are asking about. Since it is a much smaller engine it would probably need a completely different carb setup than those done for the Packard engines. I would bet there are some Stude guys who could come up with decent suggestions.