Re: What's Your Favorite Packard Engine and Why?

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2008/11/7 1:11:20

I would have to say the postwar straight 9 main eights, simply because they have all the improvements that Packard could do to the straight eight. You don't have to remove the distributor to remove the head like you do on the older straight eights, the '54 359 has more HP than all the prewar engines, including the V12, (I can't find figures on torque, other than the V12 having 322 lb-ft) and parts are cheaper as well as readily available. Their simplicity of design and ease of workability makes it the best Packard engine, IMHO. (With the V12 running a very close second, followed by the Packard V8)