Re: electrical wiring

Posted by humanpotatohybrid On 2023/12/8 16:06:15

For 1956, the Customs used 352ci 9.5 compression engines (same as the other Clippers) except the carb was a Carter WCFB (4 barrel) instead of a WGD (2 barrel). Whereas Packard used 374's at 10 compression, and Rochester.

However, in 1955 the Customs shared the Packard engine -- a 352 ci 8.5 compression with a Rochester carb, and Delco accessories. So, though per the service book a Rochester is not correct for a 1956 Clipper engine, it will work just fine. In fact, that's what my 400 has on it. The engine is from a 56 Super, but has a Rochester carb. Curiously, the Custom and Packard engines don't have the same HP rating even though it's the same engine and carburetion (245 vs. 260). I don't know why.

Does the Delco car have a very high or low serial number? They may have changed how they were fitting out the engines for whatever reason -- they would have known the stuff would work, since they used it in '55.