Packard V8 (with 5" bore spacing) & a V-12 to follow!

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Re: Packard V8 (with 5" bore spacing) & a V-12 to follow!

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I don't know about that because can't we buy the parts to build a new, "Cammer", nowadays?

Sure, it would take a buncha cash, but, "Falconer", is out there, right?

And we can buy 5.00" bore center blocks and parts now.

Heck, BM has a one-off SBC block that will install LS- heads...

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Then there are the people in Australia who have a V12 LS style motor.

https://www.streetmachine.com.au/featur ... ines-video
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Re: Packard V8 (with 5" bore spacing) & a V-12 to follow!

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Where is Lou Senter's Blown fuel Packard?
That was one LOUD dragster
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Was that the one with several rows of motorcycle chains driving the blower?

Whichever engine that was, it was one scary looking setup.
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Re: Packard V8 (with 5" bore spacing) & a V-12 to follow!

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I've got an Iskenderian 505C cam with 320 degrees of advertised duration; supposedly what Lou used in the digger. It would be loud.
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Re: Packard V8 (with 5" bore spacing) & a V-12 to follow!

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Cadillac 472 and 500 are 5" bore centers.
Is the defect in what I see, or what I'm seeing with ?
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Re: Packard V8 (with 5" bore spacing) & a V-12 to follow!

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pdq67 wrote:I was just webbing so thought that I would bring this back from the dead is all....

Can you guys think about what a modern 534" MEL Super Duty big truck engine would be like if made out of aluminum.

Siamese 5.25" bore spacing and probably upwards to 4.90" cylinders?

Instead of 1100 pounds, try 750 or so??

Put a GOOD designed 385 engine type top-end on her for starters...

Can you say, "a modern Shotgun?"... Or "Cammer"!!!

Keep the stroke short so the big mutha will rpm with the best of them!

Like a 4.9" b x 3.9" s = 588" Z-28 type engine....

He, He!!

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