I am parting out a '62 Special wagon with what should be a 215 in it. However, the intake is very odd. Can anyone identify this intake and or engine.

Thanks,
Scott

i think more than the intake might be odd. i was under the impression that valve covers for a Buick 215 were stamped to resemble a Nailhead. like they were oriented straight up and down to the ground.

those valve covers look like something you'd see on a normal small block.

OTOH, "HI" should be the high output version of the 215. with a 4 barrel carb. that doesn't look like a 4v setup to me....

http://www.teambuick.com/reference/years/62/62_engine_number.html

i wonder if it's possible an Oldsmobile Turbocharged 215 got swapped into your car?

actually, yes, do those valve covers have 3 bolts on the bottom rail? the center of the bottom of the valve cover is obscured by wires and i can't see that.

5 bolt valve covers ( 2 bolts on top, 3 bolts on bottom ) would be Oldsmobile originating heads and intake at the least.

http://www.teambuick.com/reference/ident_eng_visual.php

Yes, there are 3 bolts on the bottom of the valve cover, and two on top. I wondered about Olds, but haven't found any pics of a turbo intake.

Thanks,
Scott

That is a 2bbl Olds engine. The Turbo intake had one hole in the center and no bolt pat for a carb to bolt to.

i'd pull the head to be certain that it was an Olds block ( 6 head bolts per cyl ). the block id stamping appears to be for a Buick.

http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/GM-215-Engine-Identification.htm

according to my books, all of the Oldsmobile codes were either a straight "S" or an "S" with a suffix letter.

I also own one of these weird intakes, I have seen a turbo manifold and they don't look anything like this. I bought mine off of Ebay so I have no idea what it is originally from.
It would kake a great starting point for a box style turbo or supercharged Blow through carb set up. the throttle lincage even goes through a gromet like it is meant to hold boost.
I would think it is made to accomodate a cover of some sort, to what end I have no idea.

It looks like a 1961 Buick block with Olds heads and Intake. As mentioned pull one of the valve covers and see if the heads have a empty head bolt hole at the tops of the heads, right above the rocker shaft. If so they are Olds heads bolted to a Buick block. Here is what a Buick 215 should look like -

This is the numbers matching 215 in my '63 Special -
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/Bgoins12/a7005e05.jpg
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/Bgoins12/IMG_0970.jpg
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/Bgoins12/IMG_0972.jpg

I found this.

http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?6,10116

Scroll half way down.