Re: 356 & 359 info and choices.

Posted by JeromeSolberg On 2022/7/19 19:55:18

There is a nice article in "The Packard Cormorant" glossy mag put out by the Packard Club, just came in the mail today, that talks about the history of the various postwar engines. The 288/327/329 were all based on a rework of the 282 engine. The 356 was a new engine in 1940? to replace the V12, shared few parts with the 282/288/327/359, and was ~125 pounds heavier than the latter. Not sure how many pounds more the 9-main 327/359 was, but it used a block that was the same size as the earlier 5-main version.