MBL Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Howdy all. Tim here. I am not sure if anyone has seen these before but I figured I would post it just the same. I found a place that has alluminum heads for the Packard 8. Check the link. You may have to scroll down to see it. It might help bring down engine temp.http://www.angelfire.com/co/flatheads/products.htmlTim MBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dave327 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Wow, that is a good looking cylinder head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 I agree with the good looking part... But the price is a little deep for the pocket, thats more than i paid for the whole car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RO Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Ouch! A tad pricey for me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBL Posted March 22, 2004 Author Share Posted March 22, 2004 They are expensive for sure...alot of that repro speed stuff is up there in price...it does seem pretty cool tough....it might be cool for like a Pan Am style car or were those mostly stock...still cool.TimMBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kevin AZ Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 MBL.........very nice looking indeed. A question though.....didn't Packard have problems with the alum head in 1954 though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBL Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 I'm not sure if they did or not...but I don't think that this is really a repro of an original head as much as its a speed part...but others here I'm sure can ellaborate.timMBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Yes there seems to be a lot of the 1954 359ci motors that seem to have the 327 heads on them, myself included, one problem may be is the expansion rate of the head vrs the cylinder block, and the gasket just not taking the movement of the two pieces. Could also be trying to get it torqued down properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 One of the big problems with the 359 Aluminum heads was stripped threads and cracks around the plug holes. My current 359 head has a crack around plug hole nmber 5. It hasn't gotten bad enough for me to replaced the head yet but I may do so this spring since I bought another good aluminum head about a year ago for just that purpose. I do know from experience that torqing them correctly is very important. In fact you need to re-torque them at least two additional times after the engine has been run a while. You will find them under torqued once they have heated up and cooled down a couple of times. I think a lot of people forget or forgot to do this addition re-torque and as a result caused many of the cracking problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom8coupe Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I have the Edmunds aluminum head and two carb manifold on a 1948 Custom 8 Club Sedan. The improvement in performance is substantial and, in my view, well worth the expense. A particularly appealing factor is that it is a "period correct" enhancement. An enhancement, in fact, that was installed several times in the late Forties by Packard Washington (factory distributor), in the District of Columbia, for special cutomers.Edmunds estimated that the combination upgrade increased horsepower by 22%.Paul Delaney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48customfastback Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Are the finned Aluminum Heads still available for 356 Packard's? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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