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63 Avanti R-2 in stock
I recently bought a really nice R2 and just curious if back in the day did anyone run one of these?
I know its a weird combo but I like the wired combos....
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Probably a good car still, but no Studebaker section in the guide anymore.
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Wow! I thought those were SO cool when they were new! Are those cars valuable now? I would have thought that now they would be collectors cars? Be neat just to have one.
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Re: 63 Avanti R-2 in stock
Bob Dwyer of Precision Auto machine in Ft Lauderdale ran a blown 63 Lark in SS/IA back in the early 70s, ran low 11s at Miami/Hollywood
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Ted Harbit is running the FAST series with a '63. Watched him go low 13's today at the NMCA Norwalk.
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Problem with a supercharger vs. turbo is there's no free lunch /open ticket. Pulleys have to be stock size. Of course, the waste gate can be "adjusted". Anybody know how much a McCulloch /Paxton will make, pushing thru an AFB?
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Re: 63 Avanti R-2 in stock
Didn't some of those engines have a steel camshaft? Seems I remember hearing that at one time. Interesting about the Stude V-8's, in the early 50's, a Kettering Overhead Valve V-8 was designed and put on paper , and three US manufacturers bought the designs and made their own engine displacements from them, the 259/289 Stude, the 327 Rambler, and the 365-390 Cadillac. Seemed that a Cadillac powered Studebaker wasn't that unheard of. I guess parts interchangeability wasn't unheard of as far as heads and manifolds to put better heads and 4 barrel intakes on a Studebaker Lark, as well. Anybody out there do this?
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