Paxton Supercharger
1963 Studebaker Avanti Salt Flat Racer Paxton R3 Supercharged
In the fall of 1962 a fleet of specially prepared Studebaker production cars were taken to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to begin a series of speed trials. The result was an unequaled assault on the record books. Nearly every model of Studebakers were represented, everything from six cylinder coupes to supercharged R-3 and [...]
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Paxton Supercharger Setup for Chevrolet Corvair
This picture details most of the parts necessary for installion of Paxton supercharger on a Chevy Corvair. Air Cleaner looks typical of most other Paxton installations. Carburetor enclosed in sealed air box. Also unusual is the glass fuel filter used next to the fuel pressure regulator. Submitted by Eric Stephenson, Corvair Enthusiast
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McCulloch VS-57 Supercharger Sales Brochure
This is the first literature I’ve seen where McCulloch Superchargers are referred to as being manufactured by Paxton Products of Santa Monica, CA. Sales Bulletin #519 – June 1960
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Supercharged Studebaker R2 Avanti Engines
Studebaker Avanti engines were designated as R1 (non-supercharged) or as R2 (supercharged). The R2 supercharged engines used centrifugal superchargers manufactured by Paxton Engineering. These blowers provides 5 lb. of boost and were accompanied by a lower 9:1 compression ratio and a dual breaker ignition system. In 1964 the production models included approximately 140 R3/R4 engines [...]
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Paxton “Draw Through” Supercharger Setup, 70′s era
These are pictures of a 70′s era “draw through” Paxton set up, where the carburetor sits atop the adapter piece and the supercharger draws air through it instead of having air blow through a carburetor “hat” or “bonnet”. The blower drive setup of this setup is also interesting because it uses three very small v-belts [...]
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Paxton Supercharger Small Block Mopar Mounting Bracket, early 1970′s vintage
This is an NOS Paxton Supercharger engine mount bracket used with Mr. Norm’s Supercharged 340 Dodge Demons, Paxton part number 38732. According to many people this bracket was prone to cracking and many have been replaced, had cracks welded up, or broken pieces repaired.
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Mr. Norm’s 1972 Dodge Demon GSS
Mr. Norm was the owner of a high performance Dodge dealer in Chicago known as Grand Spaulding Dodge. They advertised dyno-tuning all their cars before they left the lot and had a service department that would install exhaust headers and other high performance goodies the customer wanted. In 1971 Mr. Norm offered a Dodge Demon [...]
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