mfg Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Why did Studebaker engineers choose to use the Avanti 'sidemount' supercharger system in R3 Larks, as opposed to the R2 Lark 'topmount' supercharger system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 I would think it was the low hoodline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Nope, the 'top mount' (R2 style) supercharger was higher than anything on an R3 Avanti sidemount setup! Any other thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Was it to accommodate cold air intake as done on the Avanti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Probably not,....because they could have fed cold air to a 'topmount' blower if they had chosen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudeNorm Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 To accomodate the high output alternator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 All good guesses!...But I'd say they had to use the sidemount blower setup on the Lark's to accomodate the R3 carb air chamber. (or box) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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