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Duane,
First off,,, the nailheads are not rpm engines... they are torq engines,,, any cam that has a broad torq band will work well in them....
The mistake that most guys make , especially the...

Wellllll, Tom,,,, ole pard,,, I have to disagree with your disagree:D:D.....the reason that I told him that was that I had a bbb in my skylark with a gooood radiator in it , shroud , big fan and all...

I had a carter afb on my 64 skylark for a while.... and then graduated to a holley.....
about 600 cfm will work good,,,, with a vacume secondary....
I think, a wcfb might work too... but it is...

I would think that it would be better to sleeve the 2 cyls. back to specs than to over bore all the cyls. that much.... because, when you overbore that much the engine is going to tend to overheat a...

one of the best trans coolers that I have seen , I found on a 80's jeep in a bone yard....

Yep , you are right ,,, if the trans cooler is out of the rad. both the engine and the trans will run cooler.... the factorys put them inside the rad. because that was cheaper....

Duane, what I have run into with the ''kits'' is this,,,, there will be some parts in there that I dont consider to be the best stuff for the money, or some part of it will be missing...so,,,,, I...

Dynomax...

OOOOK,,,, first , build the engine to stock buick clearances and specs.... dont try to build to loose tolerances.....
Do your homework,,, know your piston to valve clearances, deck heights,,, and...

Back in the day,,,, everybody used the Walker chrysler hemi mufflers......

HMMMMMM,,, that do make a difference......

That would be 640 lb.... complete....

Well ,,,, you have got the right attitude.... I am sure someone will be glad to mentor you..... let me also point you toward v8buick.com.... there is some guys that hang out on both sites... [like...

could be a broken ring......cutting the cyl wall.....

yep,,, take a look,,,, remove the spark plug,,,, is it normal looking,,,, does it have any rust residue on it????? and if you can get one of the bore scopes for a look inside the cyl... that would be...

That swap is doable , but not as easy as you would think,,,, you need to talk to Tom Telesco... he is more versed on the older nailheads than I am.... in the years around 1955-56-57,,, Buick made...

Andre,,, this is Tom,,, that I was telling you about in the other post..... you can rely on everything he says about your engine and what to do about it....
he and I have been buddys for several...

Andre,,,, Pal,,, I feel sorry for you,,,,, in the years 55-56-57 Buick made several changes to the nailhead engines.... and you have to match the parts up to the cubic inch sizes.... especially the...

Actually ,,, no,,, Gm used the same item on a lot of different cars in the 50's and 60's....what is different is the bracket that holds them to the engine....
All the dash pot does is to slow the...

You can get a 8 [eight] volt battery and use in a 6 volt car....I used to do that to make a worn out flathead ford spin fast enough to start up.... it makes the lights real bright and you have to...

Yep,,, what Tom says.....

Before you do anything,,, find and purchase the shop manual that applies to your car.... it will save you a ton of money , time and effort....you can buy or borrow tools from auto supply stores, and...

Ok,,,, while you have the plugs out, run a good compression test on it and record the numbers in each bank in order.....
you are looking for numbers above a minimum of 90# .....
The compression...

If there is water in a cyl.... the very least you need to do is pull that head and drop the pan...and pull that piston and rod out, to allow it to dry out..... other wise the damage will be severe....

If it has water in the cylinder , the longer you wait , the more the damage will be....the corrosion will set in very, very quickly.....