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    good luck and be safe! I'm not sure whether Jeff...

    good luck and be safe!
    I'm not sure whether Jeff and his chopped 53 will be there or he may be going in October. You guys are are resurrecting the great Straight 8 name!
    Mike c
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    Hi Dale Hoped you had it all together.It sure...

    Hi Dale
    Hoped you had it all together.It sure looks good and if you get the pistons before too long, you can still git er dun. Nice job on the headers! We'll look forward to seeing you in August....
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    PS Meant to say hi Buick Guy Sure like the pics...

    PS
    Meant to say hi Buick Guy
    Sure like the pics and work on your Salt Cat
    I'm going to try again on the pic
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    Hi Straight 8 I'm Mike -- the other 1/2 --...

    Hi Straight 8
    I'm Mike -- the other 1/2 -- (alright maybe 1/4) of the GH Salt Flat team.
    Fun to listen to 2 guys who know more than most anybody about the Buick Straight 8. They have some obviously...
  5. Thread: new old problem

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    thanks for your replies GH -- you're right I had...

    thanks for your replies
    GH -- you're right I had a brain burp when I typed #5. It was #4
    The hole in #4 probably didn't have anything to do with the siamesed ports. With the blower we thought any...
  6. Thread: new old problem

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    new old problem

    I'd appreciate some feedback from some of those straight 8 racers that have no doubt delt with this issue.

    We blew(melted) a hole in #5 piston of our 1950 this August at Bonneville
    She was...
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    Hi Straight 8 Sounds like your 41 is set up a...

    Hi Straight 8
    Sounds like your 41 is set up a lot like our 50 -- just no blower.
    At Bonneville this year we had trouble keeping the blower belt intact. No trouble on the street but those flat out,...
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    Sorry for the delay again busy getting ready to...

    Sorry for the delay again
    busy getting ready to go back to the Salt Flats with the "Fast car" Gary left Saturday with the car ( 53 Studebaker with 515 twin turbo'd merlin BB) and I fly out tomorrow....
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    more power for #1950

    Thanks for your thoughts 39cent and alleycat!
    Gary (my compadre and builder of #1950) and I have been talking about your thoughts.
    The duration I gave was "advertised." The 0.050 duration is 222*...
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    more power for #1950

    Thanks for the replies
    I'm sorry I'm so slow in getting back
    Alleycat, I'm sure your right on the money on a number of issues for 1950 tho I wasn't sure what you meant by a "high rod ratio...
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    thanks 39cent excuse my ignorance, but was(is)...

    thanks 39cent
    excuse my ignorance, but was(is) Jarvis Earl a well known builder or racer?
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    straight 8 exhaust

    We're going to need to try to sqeeze a little more out of the old girl as we ran out of power this year and couldn't pull more that 4850 rpm with the bigger diameter tires. We know were a long ways...
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    Hi Gary, I'm a bit technogically challenged but...

    Hi Gary,
    I'm a bit technogically challenged but I'll try to download some of this years pictures.
    If you click on the "Showroom" then scroll down past "Buick Pictures" with the different years,...
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    straight 8 hot rodders

    We just got back from Bonneville Speed Week 2007
    Lots of cars there this year.
    # 1950 (1950 Super with blown roadmaster block)ran like a clock (although a little noisier!)
    The crowd liked the...
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    Buick Piston and rods

    Junkerette,
    When Gary put the engine together several years ago, Venollia made the pistons and had someone out there make the rods, Not cheap, of course, but together with the balance job, I think...
  16. Thread: To Alleycat

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    A very interesting thread going back 9 months to...

    A very interesting thread going back 9 months to Alleycat and Jryki.
    I guess we have been very lucky or the key to making the 320 spin is a blower.
    At Bonneville this year we were turning 5100rpm...
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    Bonneville

    I finally got time to try the "Showroom" as suggested by Bob.
    I got them sent backwards but you get the idea.
    Thanks for the offer Fryguy.
    Mike C
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    another Bonneville straight eight

    Thanks for the suggestions.
    Gary's working hard on his "fast car" with a goal of the 200mph club (actually has to go around 250 to get in it). I doubt the Buick will get that fast, but I think we...
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    Another Bonneville Straight eight

    I'm pretty new to the Team Buick web site , but I thought there might be some interest in a Bonneville Salt Flats Land Speed record holding straight eight Buick.

    It's Gary Hart's 1950 Buick Super...
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