63 Avanti R-2 in stock

Eric Voigt · 08-22-2018, 12:16 AM

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....

Mark Yacavone · 08-22-2018, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Voigt

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....

There was a supercharged Lark in New Jersey in the 70's..It ran G/Stock, I believe.
Probably a good car still, but no Studebaker section in the guide anymore.

Ed Wright · 08-22-2018, 11:34 AM

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.

mtkawboy · 08-22-2018, 07:39 PM

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

bigfoot584 · 08-24-2018, 05:24 PM

Jack Vines
Studebaker-Packard V8 Limited
Obsolete Engineering

Check out Speedtalk.com, Engine tech
section his user name is PackardV8,
Heavy into Stud stuff do a search
has a lot of info on this older stuff

Terry Witzel · 08-25-2018, 03:16 PM

Ted Harbit is running the FAST series with a '63. Watched him go low 13's today at the NMCA Norwalk.

http://www.americantorque.com/page/1/152/

Mark Yacavone · 08-25-2018, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mtkawboy

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

That's pretty fast. We could go mid to low 11's in SS/JA at that time with SBC's.

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?

Greg Reimer 7376 · 08-26-2018, 03:30 PM

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?

08-22-2018, 12:16 AM	#1
Eric Voigt Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Riverside CA Posts: 95 Likes: 52 Liked 18 Times in 11 Posts	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.... __________________ Eric Voigt 7425 STK

08-22-2018, 11:34 AM	#3
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: 63 Avanti R-2 in stock 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. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

08-22-2018, 07:39 PM	#4
mtkawboy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Billings Mt Posts: 282 Likes: 186 Liked 54 Times in 18 Posts	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

08-24-2018, 05:24 PM	#5
bigfoot584 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 43 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 63 Avanti R-2 in stock Jack Vines Studebaker-Packard V8 Limited Obsolete Engineering Check out Speedtalk.com, Engine tech section his user name is PackardV8, Heavy into Stud stuff do a search has a lot of info on this older stuff

08-25-2018, 03:16 PM	#6
Terry Witzel Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Marion,Ohio Posts: 247 Likes: 48 Liked 50 Times in 28 Posts	Re: 63 Avanti R-2 in stock Ted Harbit is running the FAST series with a '63. Watched him go low 13's today at the NMCA Norwalk. http://www.americantorque.com/page/1/152/

08-26-2018, 03:30 PM	#8
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,136 Likes: 172 Liked 705 Times in 219 Posts	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?