1953 Studebaker Coupe – Speed Seeking Studebakers #1
Bonneville Salt Flat Racing Vintage Studebakers
Heading up the line of this year’s Speed Seeking Studes, is #4594. It may not be the prettiest out there, but what it’s got going for it is a Studebaker engine and multiple record-holdings! Greg Meyer’s from Minnesota brought his Salt2Salt Racing’s 1953 Studebaker Coupe powered by a 182cid V8 Studebaker engine, putting it in the F/CGALT class. I think it was the only non-Avanti to have Stude power rolling it down the line!
The engine class being F, means it’s got to be somewhere between 123-183 c.i.d (cubic inch displacement.) In order to get this engine’s c.i.d. down to 182 the Studebaker V8 was destroked, pushing it into the “F” class by just a hair! Although Greg reports they encountered a few problems and there’s still more to do to get this particular engine running at its top speed, they were still able to set 2 records in their class by the end of the week. First with Greg driving in the F/CGALT catagory at 131.593. Then with partner-in-crime, Bob Waitz driving in the F/CFALT catagory (wounded engine and all) at 113.998mph! Good job Salt2Salt team!
For a really complete history and crew-log of #4594, you can check out Salt2Salt’s website. What do you think…
What engine would you run in a Studebaker Coupe out at Bonneville?
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I like the Bucket List Avanti, he ran an R5 Avanti twin supercharged motor in his borrowed Burke Bros Avanti. He hopes to be at World of Speed or World Finals with a Stude Avanti engine.
Hi There
we recently went out to Arizona and found these cool guys making custom street rods – including a sexy looking Studebaker. Might be interesting for your readers..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz5CP5q_-20
An engine for a racing Studebaker? How about the one in Smitty’s Museum in Lincoln Nebraska. It was a four cam four valve conversion of the Stude V8 mated to Halibrand individual stack Injection for an Indy Roadster. It was an Agajanian project performed by Leo Goossen, Willie Utzman, Clay Smith et al. I am not able to post the pictures, but you may visit my Facebook site where a small story was uploaded. There is nothing deficient on a Studebaker V8 except cubic inches and the not very well conceived heads, and the four valver deals certainly with the latter.