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1951-54 288 engine
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Did the 288 ever come equipped with a 4 barrel carb? I see the horsepower and torque seem to take a big jump in 1953-54. The cam shaft lift list as the same from 1951-54 on the engines. Compression did go up from 7.0 to 1 in 1951 to 7.8 but I would not think this alone would up the horse power that much. Not to say the torque went from 230 lb/ft in 1951 to 260 in 1954.

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Re: 1951-54 288 engine
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The 288 engine was never factory-equipped with a 4-bbl carburetor. But to my way of thinking the increase from 135 to 150 hp could be accounted for by the increase in compression ratio from 7.0 to 7.7 - that's a pretty hefty increase and there were no other significant changes to the 288 that I recall. Also note the 135 hp was developed at 3600 rpm in 1951, the 150 hp in 1954 was developed at 4000 rpm.

Posted on: 2015/10/8 13:57
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Re: 1951-54 288 engine
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I wonder if the head could be planed for 7.7 or not? Or was the combustion chamber a different shape on the newer 288?

Posted on: 2015/10/8 15:26
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Dunno. But if the 51 and 54 heads had the same casting number (which I don't know to be so or not) then I think you could assume it could be planed to some degree (not knowing what planning might have already been done). You could also put modeling clay or putty on the highest point of each valve, fasten the head down and rotate the crank a few turns, pull the head and then measure how much clearance you have over the valves. That would let you determine how much more you could remove from the head. But if you go to far it's a canoe anchor.

Talk to Ross, he knows better than anyone else I know of how to get the best boost in performance on the 288. IIRC his little speedster has a hopped up 288 in it.

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Posted on: 2015/10/8 15:41
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Re: 1951-54 288 engine
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That 288 looks very nice! It would appeal to a hot-rodder and is an alternate way of preserving at least a 288 plus (- from the look of it -) a Packard frame (chassis). Original generator / starter / carby etc used as well.

Looks like a simple sports car body has been built on what is principally Packard engine and running gear. Very neat idea and when you think of all the '51 to '54 wrecks out there half-rusted away, and with bodies in un-restorable condition, it presents an opportunity for some enterprising person to draw up a set of blueprints for a simple body "kit" to convert the remains into something like this.

Posted on: 2015/10/8 18:33
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Lee,

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Posted on: 2015/10/8 18:44
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That is pretty neat, and he isn't so far from me here in PA...... John

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Re: 1951-54 288 engine
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Well . . . I never realised! Built by Ross, and what a great result.

Thanks Mal for the link . . . I had not seen it before. I have an old but rusty full chassis and quite a lot of spares . . . . I wonder if . . . . . .

Posted on: 2015/10/8 23:23
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Re: 1951-54 288 engine
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I have put a 4 bbl setup on a 288 in the past and will not be in a rush to do it again. Two things: the larger intake runners had a tendency to make the engine bog at lower rpm.
Second, for all normal back road driving, the 2 bbl has a quicker tip in than the 4 bbl jobs and actually feels peppier most of the time. The 4 bbl begins to help at rpms that I seldom reach unless I am demonstrating to some mouth breathing troglodyte that a 288 will easily run up to 50 in second gear.

For a nice peppy 288 just do a standard port and relieve job, and find the latest 288 head that you can get your hands on. Skip trying for major compression increases as they make flatheads fussy and unpleasant in normal driving. One ends up with the timing so retarded to prevent knocking that any performance gain is lost. And carefully set the camshaft timing, using a stepped drive key if necessary to achieve the cam timing specified for the other 54 engines. Mmm mmm good.

Posted on: 2015/10/9 16:47
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Ross, I assume you made the floor shift for the Ultramatic yourself?
John

Posted on: 2015/10/11 12:02
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