56 Golden Hawk engine...

[64V-K7]

While at a show on Fathers Day, I noticed something interesting.. A 56 Packard Caribbean had the hood open and a display card in front of the car. The card indicated the engine was the 352 cubic inch, 275 HP, etc, but this one had, two, 4 barrel carbs.
Why is the engine in the 56J, rated at 275 with only one carb....or was the Caribbean owner underrating his car..

Bob Johnstone

http://www.studebaker-info.org

55 President State Sedan
64 GT Hawk
70 Avanti (R3)

[PackardV8]

Hi, Bob,

You are correct, the '56 Caribbean 374" with 2-4bbls was rated at 310 HP. Could you have been looking at a '55 Carib with the 352" 2-4bbl and 275 HP? FWIW, in '56, the 352" got a bit more compression, a slightly longer cam and made the same 275 HP with 1-4bbl.

thnx, jack vines

PackardV8

[60ragtop]

Jack,

I was at the same show and the car was indeed a 55, not a 56 Caribbean. A beautiful example,BTW. See lstude's post in Studebaker specific discussion under Sully Pix for a shot of the car.

[Laemmle]

I have a letter from WJ Moeller service director SASCO........he states that the 374 engine had a mbhp rating of 290.

quote:Originally posted by PackardV8

Hi, Bob,

You are correct, the '56 Caribbean 374" with 2-4bbls was rated at 310 HP. Could you have been looking at a '55 Carib with the 352" 2-4bbl and 275 HP? FWIW, in '56, the 352" got a bit more compression, a slightly longer cam and made the same 275 HP with 1-4bbl.

thnx, jack vines

PackardV8

[PackardV8]

Yes, Laemmie, the 374" single 4-bbl in the Patricians did have a 290 HP rating. The Caribbean 2-4bbl engine was rated at 310 HP.

thnx, jack vines

PackardV8