Work's letting me write about playing with the Packard. Pretty cool!

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/auto-blog/packard-project-car-edmunds-intake-15207720

Keep in mind, the guy that told me this worked also said his friend was planning a vertical exhaust stack. So we have two-people removed AND a nutter's exhaust route.

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Interesting at the time, but very commonly done now. You'll hardly find an electronic throttle body that isn't coolant heated these days. A bit ahead of the curve maybe?

So I fitted the carb and exhaust this evening, just for a giggle. The exhaust DOES work with this intake manifold, however a plate would have to be fabricated and gasketed to seal the top of the exhaust manifold, as there's no provision to mate the intake to the exhaust. There is plenty of clearance to do this, 3/4" at least.

It's a four-bolt pattern to mount the carbs, and the vacuum advance taps into the base of the carb which carries over. With a little plumbing you could pull vacuum from both sides, or pull from one and cap the other. It's a common air-space so either way should work.

The heat stove for the carb would still work from the original exhaust manifold but it would have to be split in two with a bit of plumbing.

I figured the factory carbs worked, but beyond that I'm not sure. They look like they're sized about right for Weber IDA/IDF, and I know some Strombergs fit. As far as routing I'm not totally sure yet. I know the water heater line runs straight down the side. You're looking at the outlet and the inlet looks the side on the other side. I'm assuming the vacuum advance can be tapped into the port you see below the rear carb mount, but I'm not sure. The rest I'll have to figure out.

For my purposes this is all I really need.

I didn't have the time today to take the factory bits apart but my guess is the factory exhaust would work with this intake. The engine will be getting a one-off exhaust manifold though.

Also, I'll be happy to take photos of the bottom for you. It's not terribly remarkable, however it does have geometry I wasn't expecting.

The internal routing is pretty fascinating too, and I'll have to circle back with better pictures to describe it.

In fact, I'm wondering if there's sufficient interest for me to spend time to document this intake. I know that when I bought it the documentation online was sketchy at best. I kind of just blew money hoping it would be better than stock.

I got a killer deal on an Edmunds intake from a guy on the H.A.M.B. and it came in yesterday. Had to drive over to the shop and just check to make sure it fits. Now that I have it I'll send the engine off to the machinist to play with. What the heck carbs fit on there? (cart before the horse, I know)

The major engine components are crated and ready to go. This crate was originally designed to ship forged cranks from India to Detroit Diesel (oddly appropriate). Everything will get strapped down and I can just use a forklift to load the whole lot into the pickup for safe, secure transport.

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I honestly don't think much more can be achieved via lift, however the duration on this cam is hilariously short. I slowly getting the the point where I think having a professional modify my cam might be a really good idea.

I am fascinated by this carburetor layout. With the three sets of siamesed intake ports in the center and the orphaned ports on the end, I'm curious how these are balanced. I love the ram-air intake and am planning something similar for my car.