Re: Has any one added AC to the 356 straight eight

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2009/1/6 1:40:25
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Someone finally put This on the I'net:http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/1 ... tor-for-farm-or-camp-use/

Run it off of the exh. manifold.


LMFAO!!! NO!

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Turbopackman has identified a Ford damper and pulley arrangement that replaces the Packard crankshaft setup on the later straight 8's but I don't know if that would work on the 356--unless you can make some sort of adapter and just use the single drive pulley on your existing damper. If that complete assy were to fit though, then you'd have the problem of the wide fanbelt no longer available for the gen & fan pulleys.


I would assume that it would, and I might be able to tell you in a few months if I end up getting ahold of a 356. The Ford 300 6 cyl engine has the same size crankshaft as both the Packard straight eight and the V8, and is internally balanced like the Packards are. As for the wide belt, that's partly true, as some of the Ford 6's were used as irrigation motors, and MAY have a pulley with a wide belt on it, I honestly don't know and would bet not, but it's a chance. The modern Sanden is a good idea, as it's small and doesn't take much power to drive.

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