Is your Stude a car or pickup, a coupe or sedan/wagon? I assume a car as there would be no hood issues in a pickup. Coupes are 4" longer from firewall to the radiator than sedans. I bet it can be done but I don't have a Stude 6 around to measure. The last Larks used Chevy 6s and the frames were basically the same from '52,except for the longer coupe. That being said the 289 Studrbaker is a much over looked engine with lots of torque and darn near bullet proof! Forged crank, big bearings and a very rigid block, hard and heavy. My son and I put a supercharged 289 in his '54 Stude wagon. It was a tight squeeze to get it all under the short hood. That's why the Hawks have a hump! Parts and speed equipment are available though prices have gone up now that Studes are being used as SBC alternatives. They are not cheap to build. What ever you decide Don't throw away anything from the Stude. The only Difference in a 259 & 289 is crank and pistons.
