I have a Packard 327 straight 8 that I'm working on and trying desperetly to increase the performance of. I seem to run into a lot of brick walls in finding information or parts to make it a reality. I have a spare 288 that will be donating its higher compression head longer rods and solid cam and i have located a local man who can regrind the cam for me. I also have a Edmunds 2X2 intake for the engine and plan to modify a set of V8 Chevy headers to fit as the exhaust spacing is close. I feel these modifications will get me close to around 200 hp but it will be severely RPM limited and 60 year old stock parts (Rods) are sketchy at best. If anyone has any input on non stock parts or modification ideas I would love to hear them. I have considered going big bore on the engine ( I feel the stock stroke is more than enough) but the cylinders will only allow a 1/8 overbore at best, so would cutting the cylinders completely out of the engine and using large sleeves be an option or would it take all support out of the deck of the block? Thanks for any help.
