from a 1940 packard.

1/16/2007 9:29:27 AM

58 goldenhawk with a straight 8 packard like my uncle's ftw

1/16/2007 9:43:39 AM

MAn those are so ugly, and not in a good way.

1/16/2007 11:24:17 AM

^a communist would say that

1/16/2007 12:54:45 PM

wouldn't the engine be pretty apt to twisting and flexing? One of my dad's friends has a packard collection, they are pretty cool cars.

1/16/2007 3:27:53 PM

That's one of the big reasons they don't build them anymore. That and the very low natural frequency and harmonics of a crankshaft that long. Hit resonance and shatter the crank and pound out the bearing saddles.

What do you think killed the early runs of the E46 M3 cranks? HARMONICS.

1/16/2007 5:16:00 PM

BUICK STRAIGHT EIGHT FTW

1/16/2007 6:55:55 PM

an old man told me once about a guy who ran a frick sawmill with a Buick straight 8. He said he had a foot throttle rigged up so he could rev it up right before the carriage got to the blade since car motors don't have governors.

1/16/2007 8:18:04 PM