Re: Why didn't Continental make an OHV V-8?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/7/24 8:21:21

su8overdrive, I really did enjoy your post and it is a most interesting topic to develop further, though probably not on this thread (and my apologies for first steering it in this direction) and perhaps not even on a Packard forum except perhaps as it relates to the Packard Twelve of 32-29.

I don't really have much to contribute to a better understanding and comparison of the Continental and Lycoming engines but would really look forward to learning more about them. A friend who has rebuilt a goodly number of the Lycoming V8s (Cord 810/812) says that despite being only a 3-main bearing design (and the Packard Twelve was a 4-main bearing design), they were a very well-engineered engine.