mfg Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Eugene Hardig first suggested adding a supercharger to the Avanti 'R' engines to achieve the desired high performance.....True? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 No thoughts on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackardV8 Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) By the time the Avanti engines came along, the supercharger was ancient history. Whomever suggested a supercharger to increase the horsepower of Studebaker V8s did it back probably around 1955 to have them ready for the '57 GH and Packards. jack vines Edited August 7, 2014 by PackardV8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 By the time the Avanti engines came along, the supercharger was ancient history. Whomever suggested a supercharger to increase the horsepower of Studebaker V8s did it back probably around 1955 to have them ready for the '57 GH and Packards. jack vines Studebaker -Packard did of course use superchargers in 1957-'58....But then they were dropped for a period of what turned out to be five years....The question asked here is who's the 'Father Of Supercharger...More aptly put..."Who's the father of the idea of using a supercharger on the Avanti to achieve the performance that was desired?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lschuc Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Probably was Sherwood Egbert, in an effort to boost performance levels for their car that was supposed to bring buyers to showrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Wouldn't that be why Studebaker purchased Paxton Products and Andy Granatelli along with it...for the superchargers and the expertise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Wouldn't that be why Studebaker purchased Paxton Products and Andy Granatelli along with it...for the superchargers and the expertise? I'd say whoever thought of bringing back the supercharger must have encouraged the aquisition of Paxton, that apparently was for sale at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Probably was Sherwood Egbert, in an effort to boost performance levels for their car that was supposed to bring buyers to showrooms. Probably was Sherwood Egbert, in an effort to boost performance levels for their car that was supposed to bring buyers to showrooms. Reasonable thought!....But it wasn't Egbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasile Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasile Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 While Egbert and Loewy had specific thoughts regarding the underpinnings of the Avanti. it was Gene Hardig who was given the task to adapt what they had at their disposal to make the Avanti perform -- my opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 While Egbert and Loewy had specific thoughts regarding the underpinnings of the Avanti. it was Gene Hardig who was given the task to adapt what they had at their disposal to make the Avanti perform -- my opinion... Mr. Hardig seems like a logical choice....But it wasn't him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dapy Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Can't stand the suspense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 OK...OK...it was Otis Romine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dapy Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Good old Otis...knew him well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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