Thread: Turbo Hudson, daily driver

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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Pretty innovative.......crafty guy your buddy.

Just a couple things. This is a Pacemaker model, shorter wheelbase than the better known Hornet. They came with a 232 cube engine, so if this is a 308 it would be a transplant from a Hornet...........not uncommon. These were unibody so didn't weigh as much as they might look. A coupe like this (more desirable from my view as around 90% of production were 4 door sedans) would be somewhere around 3500 pounds. Any torque numbers?

I don't think he had it on an engine dyno - very possible, but a mutual friend has a chassis dyno and since he offered the rear wheel hp i assume they flogged it on the chassis dyno. I didn't ask many questions, dave is the kind of guy that when asked the time he'll explain the physics of making the gears to build a watch. I find that i get info by not asking and when he volunteers i pay attention.
The carb was interesting, i should've asked about that as there was a referance to a LeMans car that it came from but we were discussing the slip joints on the stainless header and i didn't pursue it. The SU carb is unusual as it has 2 inlets and 2 bowls as the normal one don't have enough reserve and can't supply the fuel.