Re: Packard V-8 CID race What if?

Posted by Jack Vines On 2011/2/10 23:11:48

Yes, it would have been no problem to extend the displacement of the Packard V8 to 500" with reliability. The few weak points would have been easily remedied.

No, the Packard V8 was nothing special from an engineering standpoint, but then neither is the Cadillac 500". GM just kept continually refining and expanding it. A hot rod turbocharged Cadillac just went 360 MPH at Bonneville. As Craig is trying to point out, that could have been a Packard V8 just as easily.

Maybe, Craig should have mentioned the '49 Cadillac V8 was redesigned in '56 and there was an entirely new engine in the late '60s. They didn't get from 331" to 500" with the same engine.

jack vines