Very cool! I still would like to have a supercharged 289 in my Stude. You're right, all the studebaker and Packard engines were pretty heavy, but very stoutly built. NIce car you have there.
Sweet! My 289 doesn't run like that but it does OK for being 53 years old and never having been opened up. Raymond Loewy gets far too much credit. An employee of his, Bob Bourke, designed the classic Studebaker coupes. Loewy just took the credit.
I've heard of some Stude blocks that were opened up to 350 CID, but it may have been a mechanic's legend. There were even some who went the other way and put a crank from a 1955 224 CID into a 232 and got 202 CID which of course was made for supercharging.
You can really build some hp into that 289 stude. I have seen some really wild builds with them. I drove a two ton, flat bed Stude in college when I worked for an old lumberyard in Ks. It had the 289 and a five speed. It had glass packs and pipes that ended just past the cab. I used to love that truck, stomped on it every chance I got. It would really cackle.
I love the small block belly-button motor, but the not-so-usual engines are fascinating. Things like a souped up Ford Y-block or an early fifties Hemi.
A 289 Ford can't be bored out to over .060, young fella. But...a 289 Studebaker block could take a .125 overbore if desired, and in 1965 you could still get .125 over pistons from JC Whitney or Honest Charlie. Older engines had considerably thicker cylinder walls than ones made in the muscle-car era so that owners could be assured of 2 or even 3 trouble-free overhauls. back when car companies gave a s**t.
Right. When Studebaker designed this motor in the late 40s they thought super high compression would be the thing of the future. So they made it extremely strong. It weighs as much as a Big Block Chevy, but can only be bored to 302ci. This car was built to be unique, not just fast. And being Studebaker powered is way more interesting than a belly-button chevy motor.
"Sex for the ears" is the best defintion I have heard yet. I always point people to this video and tell them to "turn up the sound". My dad tellls me that these Studebakers would run all day hammering that hard in the desert.. as other cars would overheat and be on the side of the road.
Watch the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drags....the R2 and R3 Larks and Avanti's kick ass......and they sound Bad
silvernail6 2 months ago
The Studebaker 304 was an overbored 289, correct? Love to find one of those! I know, I know, good luck with that.
pilatunes 1 year ago
150 hp? awesome
cuda540ify 1 year ago
Very cool! I still would like to have a supercharged 289 in my Stude. You're right, all the studebaker and Packard engines were pretty heavy, but very stoutly built. NIce car you have there.
RamblinAround 1 year ago
wow big difference after the cam timing :D its amazing
snake322 2 years ago
Sweet! My 289 doesn't run like that but it does OK for being 53 years old and never having been opened up. Raymond Loewy gets far too much credit. An employee of his, Bob Bourke, designed the classic Studebaker coupes. Loewy just took the credit.
7thKansasCav 2 years ago
Sounds like it could really burn up the race track. I would like to see some RPM and HP figures on this mean machine.
slinky460 2 years ago
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that thing sounds so slow..
AznGunGrave 2 years ago
I bet thats faster than your modern day car can run
snowboard360man 2 years ago
@AznGunGrave and you sound like a total idiot.
LordSamuelJ 1 year ago
I've heard of some Stude blocks that were opened up to 350 CID, but it may have been a mechanic's legend. There were even some who went the other way and put a crank from a 1955 224 CID into a 232 and got 202 CID which of course was made for supercharging.
kpadmirer 2 years ago
You can really build some hp into that 289 stude. I have seen some really wild builds with them. I drove a two ton, flat bed Stude in college when I worked for an old lumberyard in Ks. It had the 289 and a five speed. It had glass packs and pipes that ended just past the cab. I used to love that truck, stomped on it every chance I got. It would really cackle.
slowpokebr549 2 years ago
The most beautifully styled car of the fifties, IMO. Raymond Lowey did great work.
mayonpi 2 years ago 3
I love the small block belly-button motor, but the not-so-usual engines are fascinating. Things like a souped up Ford Y-block or an early fifties Hemi.
SuperSportBigBlock 3 years ago
So give us the figures!
larrylynn123 3 years ago
Really nice car it is amazing the performance out of that 289 engine.
phill903 3 years ago
Sweet sweet music, the Hawks are a beautiful looking car imho and that mill in this gem example just makes it all the better!
Thanks for the post, did anyone get/post the HP no.s for this one? Just curious. :)
Ogsonofgroo 3 years ago
I have the same year but I'm having trouble findng parts is there somewhere I can order them
LordBatey 3 years ago
So how much did she make? After all that sweet music I am dying to know. Did you put an R1 cam in it by the way?
Morris1962 3 years ago
i bore my chevy 283's .125 over dont say it cant be done :D
nemodapimpfish 3 years ago
A 289 Ford can't be bored out to over .060, young fella. But...a 289 Studebaker block could take a .125 overbore if desired, and in 1965 you could still get .125 over pistons from JC Whitney or Honest Charlie. Older engines had considerably thicker cylinder walls than ones made in the muscle-car era so that owners could be assured of 2 or even 3 trouble-free overhauls. back when car companies gave a s**t.
oldmusher 4 years ago 8
Right. When Studebaker designed this motor in the late 40s they thought super high compression would be the thing of the future. So they made it extremely strong. It weighs as much as a Big Block Chevy, but can only be bored to 302ci. This car was built to be unique, not just fast. And being Studebaker powered is way more interesting than a belly-button chevy motor.
tomsriv 4 years ago
it can be bored to .304 at least the 302 was an understatement
th12t33n 4 years ago
@tomsriv
Why do you put a Dyno video up, and don't tell the hp.
johnsenkenn 1 year ago
@johnsenkenn Because its not that impressive, similar to 5.0 mustang HP, but a lot more expensive HP because its Studebaker HP.
tomsriv 1 year ago
A 289 can't be "bored out" to 302CuIn. Even at .060 over you'd only have 297CuIn.
zapwatt 4 years ago
man I love that car! I hope I can get my hawk sounding that nice!
LordSamuelJ 4 years ago
i think this is probably one of the most beautiful cars ever built. wouldlike one myself.
hoegsbro 4 years ago
Sweet music by one of the coolest cars ever made!!
3bar 4 years ago
"Sex for the ears" is the best defintion I have heard yet. I always point people to this video and tell them to "turn up the sound". My dad tellls me that these Studebakers would run all day hammering that hard in the desert.. as other cars would overheat and be on the side of the road.
aBigGuyInALittleCar 4 years ago
now thats a real preformance car. forget your "pimped out" Honda Civic a Studebaker 50 years older than it will kick its ass hands down
HeadTater 4 years ago
I have to say that is a beautiful car. With the Studebaker engine in it too, oh it is like sex but for the ears. Awesome
powerhawk56 5 years ago
Nothing quit has the same sound as a Studebaker v-8. what were your dyno numbers?
1961Hawk 5 years ago
I love that exhaust note. Is Avanti the name of the glass packs? Who makes them?
hylnder777 5 years ago
The Studebaker Avanti was their sports car that came out in the early 60's. This car has the same kind of glasspack style exhaust.
tomsriv 5 years ago
The last run was taken a few months later after the cam was degreed.
tomsriv 5 years ago