Royal, very true........after 1956 and the demise of the Packard foundry, Stude had to find an engine of the same HP.....(the 352 4bbl Packard was 275 bhp) so.......hello Robert McCullough chain saws and superchargers......the blower made the Stude engine have the same 275 bhp....albeit via a 2bbl Stromberg carb....the Avanti used one AFB and reduced compression of 9:1 to compensate for the blower boost. Underrated at 290 bhp out of 289 with 3.07 and or 3.31 final drive the cars had no problem reaching 150 mph.....there was the special R-3 and R-4 engines and the R-5,,,,,which went 197 at Bonneville. To me the Avanti was the first muscle car or pony car....of that era.
Originally posted by His Royal Ghostliness
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