that's it...another super cool Buick build is Doyle Thomas's 55 Buick convert. by Bobby Alloway..look at the valve covers Bobby made to give the big block Chevy a nail head look...has 56 tail...
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that's it...another super cool Buick build is Doyle Thomas's 55 Buick convert. by Bobby Alloway..look at the valve covers Bobby made to give the big block Chevy a nail head look...has 56 tail...
I was looking online and read the article Nailing Down The Buick Nailhead...they said the 364, 401 , 425 heads were the same BUT the valves on the 57 and 58 364's were smaller..I guess the castings...
I had heard all the heads were the same...found it a little hard to believe they didn't change the design on them from 1957 to 1966. especially when the cu in increased from 364 to 425 cu in...all...
any nailhead queers need to go look at the 56 Buick Troy Trepanier built..It has a turbo Charged Nail head engine..unreal...I saw it at the Autorama..a real piece of work..Tropy can come up with some...
I have 4 nail head engines...2 425's, one from a 1964 Riviera, one from a 66 Riviera, a 401 from a 65 Wildcat, and a 364 from a 58 Century..all are 4 bbl engines..I know the intake on the 364 is...
I have talked to Troy about this project. I like the serpentine belt setup he machined for the nailhead...I had Alan Johnson machine up some brackets for my 58 Caballero Wagon that got the...
I just committed to buy a Sun 504 Distributor Machine. Also a Sun 1115 Analyzer. I have a lot of 30's thru 70's cars. hopefully I can recurve these distributors and change springs to get them to...
by 32 to 34 degrees centrifugal I presume you mean with the initial added in? or is that all distributor degrees? meaning 40 to 42 total without vacuum..how are you taking out the 4 degrees at a...
on stock 401's and 425's what do these motors like in total timing (with vacuum disconnected)...how much initial is best. how much timing should the vacuum pull in at cruising speed?
the 401 is bored to 413..it has a set of one off headers on it..no heat risers..The 425 is in a 64 Riviera..both are very strong runners...I just want to insulate the heat away from the carb..nothing...
I have a 401 and a 425 in different cars....They both seem to boil the gas out of the carb after I have driven them and stop..does anyone stock a phenolic or insulated spacer for the Carter AFB carb...
as I said, the car is strong as hell..pulls great, fast, but it just doesn't seem real happy..i want to get the distributor out of it and get it on a distributor machine..i don't have a fuel pressure...
I just got done doing a 58 Caballero...The 364 would have been very suitable for it but I had a 401 so I put it in there...This high torque engine will pull that Buick around just as good as you...
the timing is moving fine..that's what had me puzzled....you can see the timing go over 40 degrees total, then go down to 32 degrees and it just doesn't make any discernable difference..even when...
thanks..kinda weird, when you move the timing up or down on my 401 Caballero, it just didn't seem to affect the running of the car...jack it way up, it didn't ping or anything...didn't even make it...
the Caballero has a set of one off headers on it..no heat riser valve on them...there are a set of machined risers on ebay now that space the intake up and block off the heat to the intake...any...
highly unlikely...everything is new..seems like it's going thru a lean out point or something..goes out of it real quick..I think i am going to put it on a distributor machine and see just how this...
so you found an adapter plate that made the Holley fit the stock intake? where did you find that...i haven't seen one..you think you need a double pumper to enrichen it off the line? did yours ever...
I have posted on here about my 64 Riviera with a 425 in it...I also have a 401 punched to 413 in my 58 Buick Caballero wagon...The carbs are boiling down the gas when I stop for awhile...I was...
the motor is balanced very good...doesn't tremble unless you are coming off idle and accelerating...then only for a second or so...it's going thru a lean out stage or something..making the motor not...
i have a 401 54 Wildcat engine punched to 413 cu in. all stock fresh rebuild to stock specs except bore, one off custom headers, 4L60E trannie, 9" rear...Had the stock carb rebuilt but when you are...
My 58 Caballero wagon has a plastic pivot piece that pushes a rod to actuate the turn signals...The plastic pivot is broken...Anyone know of one? Does anyone know if Cadillac, Pontiac or Olds might...
do the Chevy, Pontiac, Cadillac, Olds optional 58 Electric Wipers work on the 58 Buick? My car has vacuum wipers and I want to get electric ones for it.. An aftermarket wiper motor is available, but...
anyone make a new wiring harness for a 58 Buick Century Caballero Wagon?
I took the motor out of a 65 Wildcat 4 door. I think the body and frame are still at a friend of mine. He would sell it cheap if it is and it would fit. It was solid as a rock and low miles..no...