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Resonators or not?
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Bowman Davis
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I need to install a completely new dual exhaust system on my 56 Pat. The current exhaust has no resonators installed and I was wondering if Packard produced any cars in the 56 model year without resonators. I would like to keep it as original as possible. I had a 56 Cadillac coupe deville (man what a car)way back in the sixties that was one of less than a hundred produced without resonators so I know not all of the big cars with V8s had them.

Posted on: 2008/4/5 9:29
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I'm only aware of senior cars with resonators. I have seen many V-8 Packards without them, and to me they are too loud, not wisper-quiet like a Packard should be.

Posted on: 2008/4/5 11:47
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Are you saying the car is quieter with or without the resonator. I don't like a loud noisy exhaust. The Packard parts manual shows resonators on the 5680 as standard so I'm guesing they were all supplied with resonators.

Posted on: 2008/4/5 12:21
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Seniors all came with resonators, not sure about the juniors and/or single exhaust models. Many folks omit the resonators, perhaps for cost as they are expensive. Despite my usual passion for originality, I replaced the resonators with glasspacks. The car is generally very quiet but when I get on it, it barks nicely.

Posted on: 2008/4/5 13:23
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Mr. Pushbutton (John), do you remember how loud my soon-to-be-ex Patrician was? It was pretty much straight exhaust and dual glasspacks, and I didn't think it was too loud. OR... Do I need a hearing aid??

Posted on: 2008/4/5 19:44
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Eric--your '56 Pat wasn't necessarly loud, but I figured you like the performance aspect, ergo the supercharger.
I have heard Packard V-8s that were wisper quiet, as quiet as a Packard 12 or R-R (these where V-8s that didn't have lifter noise obviously) and they all have resonators.
Engineering for silence of operation is a completly different discipline than engineering for performance (racing). I personally like a fine car that is very quiet in operation.

Posted on: 2008/4/8 8:01
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What about Bentley? "The Silent Sports Car"? That was going to be my goal if I would have kept the Patrician.

Posted on: 2008/4/8 13:27
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One of the simpler pleasures I enjoy is leaving the cruise at night's end and having to blink parking lights to make strollers aware I am behind them. I never turn on the headlights till I clear the parking area, and I hate to blow the horn. While all the Chebbies and Fords are making noise and revving their engines, I just sort of drift out of my spot and roll softly to the exit. I have heard comments about the quietness and smooth exit as I leave. "Is that thing running?" "Yeah, it never makes a sound."

Posted on: 2008/4/14 23:49
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