Forget the V-8 Im going with the Stude

So I found a great deal on a little studebaker flathead inline six and have decided to run it in my prewar lakes type build. Im selling off the great 59ab and have decided to be a little "diffrent".

Has anyone ever ran this motor before? I know Edmunds made the off brands so im assuming i can find a dual carb intake for it. Also! figure it will fit?

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figure this stude inline will fit snug??

 

Cathcarts.com Lots of Studebaker six parts.

 

Cool! That will be neat and different. Good luck with the build.

 

Sorry it's cathcartsstudebaker.com

 

Greg Meyers
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[email protected] Greg runs a Stude flathead six at the salt and drags as well as on the street. I think you can find his web page by looking under "Salt to Salt"

 

definitely different, keep us posted, should be an interesting build.

 

In case doing a search was to hard---http://www.salt2salt.com/

 

Thanks for all the info for the salt to salt and parts page, Im Going to be having a lot of fun in the next couple of weeks tearing it down and redoing the motor mounts to fit the Six.

 

The Offy intake is still in the catalog. The heads are FAIRLY common and don't sell for big money--the Offy and Edmunds heads are the most common, but Bill Cathcart has made a run of heads based on the old Edmunds head "with improvements" with STUDEBAKER cast into the head. He also has split manifolds so you can run duals.



If you go "all out" on a Champion 6 and keep it streetable, you might get about 150 horsepower out of 169 cubic inches!

Sounds like a BALL! Have fun!

 

Lots of speed gear still available for the venerable Studebaker Champion 6.

Check with RacingStudebakers.com -
http://racingstudebakers.com/stl-web/bulletin/bb/index.php

or Studebaker Vendors - http://www.studebakervendors.com/

 

You are full of surprises...... good on ya. I will be in town...your town about 10 am on the 29th...will have about an hour to catch up with you and House , where are you likely to be?
And guess what, I am on my way to Medford to buy a Studebaker!! Coincidence!! I will have the stuff you sold me on the truck . I'll fill you in on the details when I get there.
Phone numbers still the same ?

 

Now im realy getting excited to build this. anybody have pictures of roadster/coupes sporting the stude champion 6?

Hey 97, Ill be at work on tuesday but ill take my lunch an hour early to meet up with you. my numbers still the same so give me a call when your on your way down here.

 

Just went and picked up the motor and trans, the wiring is complete everything is there hooked up a battery and it was turning over like a real Champ! "play on words" Ill be posting some Progress in the next week.

 

Awright! We're waiting on ya!

 

I was just checking out this thread when i saw your reference to Salt to Salt

I told Eddie Bauer who had the 53 Stude coupe at his place i would buy it, he said ok but they might need some parts for his coupe 3 or 4 years later i stopped where the car was stored, it was gone

I went to Ed's shop he said i bet your wondering where the car is, were going to build a car for the Bonneville Salt Flats with a six and a turbo

I wanted the car but being at Bonneville in 2000 that pain eased
I have some photos of the car before and after i'll post them here when i scan them

 

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thats awesome, cant wait to check em out

 

heres Salt 2 Salt before it was Salt 2 Salt

I was waiting for Ed to finish his 53 coupe for many years

I wanted to pay Ed for this coupe right away, he said wait see whats left of it

The guys caught Salt Fever & Salt 2 Salt was born

Just found out a Hamb member turbostude owned the 53, Ed got it from him





Here is the 53 Stude turbo flathead 6 cylinder Bonneville Record Holder in Ed Bauer's shop



This is Ed Bauer's 53 Stude running a 289 V8 Stude motor & Ed's friends 53 coupe on the lift



I had to take photos of my photos, me and the scanner weren't seeing eye to eye one of the reasons there not that clear

 

Unless your going for looks, don't use an aluminum finned head. You can achieve the same compression by using a 59-60 stude flathead stock head on the earlier engine. It will give 8.0 - 9.0 cr on the earlier engine. These can be purchased NOS for around $50 from studeparts.com

Once I get a chance tomorrow I'll look up the part # in my parts books and post it.

 

From This,

to this,


will be matching my "beige"SP? black roadster.

 

Well im not a photographer or obviously orginized but here are some progress pictures of this weekend. lots of cutting grinding and mods.
should only be acouple weeks before I get her fired up and poppin. Lots of loose ends to tie up but its all starting to come together.

 

cool car , i like the build pictures

 

I had a flat 6 in 48 Stude, shaved the 90 thou., Crower reground cam, 30 over, Edmounds duel carb intake, split exaust and polished ports. Ran great. Sold the car, don't know what happened to the engine.

 

Not that they're easy to find, but Weiand also made heads and dual intakes for the Champion six, as did a Studebaker specialist named Morgan.

 

Not a stude but they do look similar. This is a Desoto flat 6 in a 29 ford coupe turned roadster on a home made frame. Had a ride in it. Wilcap adapter to a th350. puts you back in the seat pretty hard, even on the Nebraska dirt road.

 

Odd...I was just reading a "Hop your Stude 6" article last night in a small Car Craft or R&C. Just send me the 59A to cover postage and I'll send it to you.
Intertesting little engines...big issue would seem to be displacement. It ain't got none... so it better be going into something LIGHT.

 

This will be light enough I suppose

 

Just stumbled on this thread.....I'm the guy who built the turbo flat sixes. You may get a kick out of the website I have for the street version. See TurboStude.com below.....
27 chapters of my build....