Looks good! The trans shop put a shift kit in it when they rebuilt the trans. Wide open throttle shifts will be FIRM. Probably a little adjustment will make it smoother.
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Looks good! The trans shop put a shift kit in it when they rebuilt the trans. Wide open throttle shifts will be FIRM. Probably a little adjustment will make it smoother.
Now that's what a hot rod is suposed to look like
the original wheel had some holes for a lineup dowel pin in them.
the main reason for the change from 6 volt to 12 volt was the increased demand on the electrical system 12volts requires 1/2 the amps to do the same work. smaller gage wire can be used. Amps is what...
a year or more back i saw a 1" dia.set of lifters from a fuel hemi in the roller lifter section of e-bay. I ask about it in this thread and was told they were not long enough by somebody. As you...
buick supposely named the 36 CENTURY because it would run 100mph. In my foolish youth my daddy purchased a new 1950 Special (248 inch) On the speedo I drove it to 105mph. oviously wrong but it gave...
several years back I had to wait over 4 months for comp cams to get a blank for a engine as popular as the early chryslar hemi. Think how hard it will be get a str. eight blank. Wonder it we could...
that one looks like it might work. ought to put out all the power a 5 main bottom end could stand.
when I was a youngster back in the 50s I helped a mechanic at the corner ESSO service station. He had been a mechanic at the local Buick dealer for many years. His method was to put a bumper jack...
3000 miles is a long way. The rebuilt pumps may have kits in them 40+ yrs. old. you would probably be better served with a good brand name electric pump from Summit Racing with a regulator.
your friendly local parts house or auto scrap yard ought to be full of sbc starters.
Look on e-bay for Ridgid tube benders, new they are kinda pricey but $10 will get one on e-bay. they won't kink the tube. Anybody who does pretty work like you do won't have any problem mastering a...
You are right Bob, the buick v-8 dist rotates CW and the str.8 and pontiac v-8 turn CCW. The olds also rotates CCW but cant be machined to work in the str. 8. I know because in one of my costly false...
Look for the entry called"electronic ignition" I tell how I put a pontiac hei in the 320 motor. If this entry is #2 it will be #263. If the first entry back in 2003 is listed as #1 it will be about...
See if your buddy is sure enough to put a little wager on it! 5 on 5 is correct. even some of the bigger chevys used 5 on 5.
Insert bearings on the 263
The big block chevy (396,427,454 etc. use a .500 pitch 50 link chain .740 wide. The 383 thru 440 chrysler chain same except .750 wide. Will either one work on the 320 buick sprockets(gears)?? I don't...
Just a quick test...:)
Jyrki in my nailhead all plugs except AC would start missing. The first few times it happened I thought it might be water in the gas, plug wires, dist. cap, fuel pump I changed them all. I looked at...
that plug looks ok to me, did you put some anti-seize compound on the threads? I had a nailhead 401 buick with a nitrous system on it and although most brands of plugs looked ok when pulled the only...
This is a test posting:thumbsup:
Jyrki It don't look like ol'yaller is answering. My computer crashed and I seem to have lost the ability to post a new thread after using the system restore disc. do you have any suggestions. Also I...
my exhaust was made from used 2"schedule 5 stainless pipe .065 wall 2 3/8" od with a 2 1/2" muffler . It is a single exhaust. I had nice factory elboes and 45 degree used fittings I got scrap at the...
I used the turbo muffler out of the Summit Racing catalog. They were not to loud but had a nice rumble. Even with shipping cost they were less than $20 a peice.
Did the early straight eights have iron pistons. Some where maybe in this forum there are some pictures of the early engine the combuston chambers and ports looked better than the 320!