Re: straight 8 upgrades

Posted by 54packpac On 2022/4/30 9:49:56

Spot on JWL. The original post by PackRat mentioned a little more power and excitement. I screw around with my old Packard and enjoy it every time. I did not take his inquiry as a serious Bonneville Salt Flats mechanical technical mega cost concours conversion. I took it as "what can I have fun with?" Others note the topic has been discussed many times. Searching the forum for old posts has a lot of info. No worries.

Interestingly, I had followed this 1953 Mayfair with a supercharged V8 stuffed into it:https://www.mecum.com/lots/CH1019-389031/1953-packard-mayfair/

I have also been intrigued by the history of the McCulloch VS57 supercharger in the 50s:http://vs57.y-block.info/history.htm

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