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

Quote:

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?

mtkawboy · 08-27-2018, 12:16 PM

Tech guys used to ride with Bob down the return road as he floored it to check boost. He would let it come up to stock specs and then slightly lift to maintain it. {what he told me} Why they did that instead of checking pulley sizes I cant answer. Boost was no where close to stock. Doesn't make sense but that's what it was, I saw it. He also pushed other areas off the charts too, like the Ford rear because no one knew what came in Studebakers {his quote}. It had home made epoxy adapters with a Chevy Edelbrock intake on it. He was really sharp but diabetes got the best of him. He also built the Crockagator 52 Studebaker stocker that Dempsey Hardy drove later on. We used to race Bob In Jr Stock with our P/S 59 Biscayne in the late 60s against the 52

amxron · 09-10-2018, 12:22 AM

NHRA seems to have "lost" all the spec's on everything "old" except chevs.
They told me Ford didn't file spec's before 1960. Doh! Didn't supercharged 57 Fords hold many National Records in the 60's? Studes must be a figment of our imagination ........
Studes used Dana rears, mostly model 44's.
BTW Ted Harbit is on street tires!

Ron.

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?

08-27-2018, 12:16 PM	#9
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 Tech guys used to ride with Bob down the return road as he floored it to check boost. He would let it come up to stock specs and then slightly lift to maintain it. {what he told me} Why they did that instead of checking pulley sizes I cant answer. Boost was no where close to stock. Doesn't make sense but that's what it was, I saw it. He also pushed other areas off the charts too, like the Ford rear because no one knew what came in Studebakers {his quote}. It had home made epoxy adapters with a Chevy Edelbrock intake on it. He was really sharp but diabetes got the best of him. He also built the Crockagator 52 Studebaker stocker that Dempsey Hardy drove later on. We used to race Bob In Jr Stock with our P/S 59 Biscayne in the late 60s against the 52

09-10-2018, 12:22 AM	#10
amxron Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Md Posts: 23 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: 63 Avanti R-2 in stock NHRA seems to have "lost" all the spec's on everything "old" except chevs. They told me Ford didn't file spec's before 1960. Doh! Didn't supercharged 57 Fords hold many National Records in the 60's? Studes must be a figment of our imagination ........ Studes used Dana rears, mostly model 44's. BTW Ted Harbit is on street tires! Ron.

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