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Joe... What year is the Avanti? Any photos?

New York

where are you located?

Selling the whole car. Pretty complete. Missing the front windshield. Interior is pretty shot. Complete drive train, body, bumpers. Not parting out. Must take the whole car. $2,500

If you're going to the expense of upgrading to forged pistons, do yourself a favor and upgrade to a modern ring package so you can use thinner low friction rings and/or zero gap 2nd rings.

False. For some reason Avantis used a T-86 threes speed rather than the T-85. The T85 is what became the T-10 with the reverse moved into the tail housing.

Fuel injection was first offered by factory in Avanti automobiles in model year ..…?… 1) 1986…..2) 1987… or….3) 1988

The Stude Avanti three speed and four speed standard transmissions share the same main case…. with reverse gear located in the extension housing on the four speed……..True?

KOOL... Just give me a days heads up.

Thanks my friend. I may head over next week or so, and will stop by to see you too!

AO136, those are great pictures. Thank you for providing them.

Not my pictures but they may help.

Does anyone have a few good pictures of how the rebuild pieces are mounted inside an R2 fuel pump? In particular, the little tiny springs and round washers. What order do those go under those two little mushroom pieces? Also, how is the flat gasket between the two bottom housing pieces oriented? Which cavity is open and which is covered when the gasket is in place? I just rebuilt mine and it's not pumping. Not sure what I did wrong. Thanks for the help.

Does anyone have a few good pictures of how the rebuild pieces are mounted inside an R2 fuel pump? In particular, the little tiny springs and round washers. What order do those go under those two little mushroom pieces? Also, how is the flat gasket between the two bottom housing pieces oriented? Which cavity is open and which is covered when the gasket is in place? I just rebuilt mine and it's not pumping. Not sure what I did wrong.

Ron, I'm sorta surprised You aren't getting a response or answers on this topic. There is a Re-apolstery shop in Canton N.C.,, for Automotive stuff. He does seats but not things like door skins. Your seats weren't too bad for using as a starting point. It might just be a place to check out. The shop is a fenced in lot on the west side of Canton....where the road splits at the traffic light. He has a Attack Poodle like mine (will lick your leg off.).

Two weeks ago I ordered the hose fitting from Myer's Studebaker Parts, and it was delivered on May 4. I installed it Friday evening May 10 and had a successful test drive. The problem has been fixed. Thank you for everyone's comments and information.

I recently purchased a 1963 R1 in running/driving condition, but it could be doing better. Can anyone recommend an experienced Avanti (or Studebaker) mechanic in central North Carolina? Brakes need attention as a first priority. Many thanks. Tom

You mention that idea and instantly this article came to mind. I read this the day it hit my mailbox. "From each pipe, it's pulled into separate 80mm mass-air-flow sensors and then into a belt-driven Garrett 2.1-liter supercharger. (The supercharger has an electro-hydraulic clutch activated by a console-mounted on/off switch to maximize fuel economy when you're not out to feed on Ferraris.)" - https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/ford-super-stallion/ Of course, I read that then and threw that idea into the back of my mind. A supercharger belt on a clutched pulley would be an interesting feature, a little bit like a bottle of nitrous you don't need to refill. It's an interesting idea for sure and I want to drive my Avanti GT tribute … a LOT. A fuel saving mode would make sense for my long haul drives. I've also had the thought of incorporating a "track key" like some cars have had. A couple keys, one with an economical fuel map and a 4500 RPM rev limit (handy for any valet purposes too) and one that hits with all the available horses through the whole rev range. --------- Edit beneath--------- I had to take an Internet gander at the A/C compressor you mentioned. Best I can find is it's known as [RV-2 or RV2] and "What makes it cool is that the internals resemble a mini-version of a V-twin motor." - www.originalair.com It sounds like you could be spinning your engine north of 6000 RPM, suddenly decide you'd like to engage that pulley, and it'd take the abuse while smiling and winking at you. "She's a brick, da na na, HOUSE! Da na na! She's mighty-mighty …"

I’ll probably never try it, but have wondered for quite some time if a dual groove mid seventies Chrysler-type air conditioning compressor clutch assy. could be adapted to the front of a Paxton supercharger …. allowing the owner of an Avanti to operate the supercharger at his discretion. by simply flicking a 12V electrical toggle switch.

Superchargers have come a long way since then. Having said that, I do marvel at the WWII birds that used artificial aspiration to make >1,000 horses at altitude. Thanks to the advances in pressurizing, today's kids build their car with boo-coo horsepower … right before #3 con. rod. requests fresh air and vents the block, and piston #4 exits the building. I have a desire to recreate RS1021 but I'll take a couple finagle factors. When it comes to the question of "To Paxton or not to Paxton" that's a tough one. Vortech / Paxton is a good and viable option today. There is TorqStorm. They designed an impeller to start generating meaningful boost at a lower RPM. There is Rotrex. Those Danes make different sized options, engine size and power goals dependent. There is ProCharger. Oh, yeah. ProCharger makes excellent superchargers. Powerdyne was an option but went under. Used options are available though. And those are just centrifugal companies.

Yes, that is the normal reality.

I agree, in a ''perfect sellers" world, we would all like to see a project car go to someone able (financially physically, etc) to bring the car back to it's original glory. But the reality is, as sellers, we just want to get cashed out and don't have the option so much to choose a Buyer.

R-2520?

It may seem like old technology today, but Robert Paxton McCulloch’s superchargers, designed in the very early fifties, seem (to me) to be engineering marvels! Especially the earlier sliding input pulley versions ….. there’s an awful lot going on there in a very compact package! Just the idea of a ‘clockable’ scroll housing, enabling his superchargers to be used on many different applications, seems like a stroke of genius!

Well said!