mfg Posted August 5, 2014 Report Posted August 5, 2014 Eugene Hardig first suggested adding a supercharger to the Avanti 'R' engines to achieve the desired high performance.....True?
PackardV8 Posted August 7, 2014 Report 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
mfg Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report 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?"
lschuc Posted August 8, 2014 Report 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.
Gunslinger Posted August 8, 2014 Report 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?
mfg Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report 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.
mfg Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report 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
abasile Posted August 9, 2014 Report 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...
mfg Posted August 9, 2014 Author Report 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!
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