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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 [...]

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 [...]