yes indeed! And, I like 'em! The problem with the rope seal is that in order to get a good leak free seal, you got to really pack that seal in there. It then takes about 30-40 foot pounds of torque...
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yes indeed! And, I like 'em! The problem with the rope seal is that in order to get a good leak free seal, you got to really pack that seal in there. It then takes about 30-40 foot pounds of torque...
Yes and no. All the 248 cranks will interchange. The very early ones may not because possiably the mains were poured babbet as well which is different thing and exactly when the change over happened...
The real problem with that method is: the shot blasting. I have seen a few blocks that have had that done, every machined surface is beat almost to death, and rods that have been "done", there's...
No easy way. Even if you take the block a shop, the glorified dishwasher and silly soap that they have to use won't hardly take off the paint let alone the rust and that "stuff" in the water jacket....
Toss in my 2 cents worth here, the above is correct, 248 cranks interchange except dynaflow cranks and stick shift are different and can't be remachined to interchange or at least, with out great...
Back in the shop, after a long absence. I pulled out all my dual carb stuff, turns out, exhaust manifolds for the dual carb set-up are the same for both 248 and 320. So, in a pinch, a person could...
I'm going to toss in my 2 cents worth here. Over the years I've noticed some "funny" stuff concerning "gasoline" that we obviously have to use in our cars if we're going to keep 'em on the road. The...
Ol6rdr; I managed, after many starts and stops, to read all the threads about cassi. You nearly got it on the road. I recognize a lot of the parts you used to make it, I sure wish I'd had the brains...
Knurling the pistons to get a nicer fit is not a bad idea, at all. I don't know who, if anybody, in my neck of the woods, who would have one of these tools... Exactly what is the pattern that the...
A piston grinder... That would be a cool hunk of equipment to have. Hardly anybody makes their own pistons anymore and for good reason; you can get just about any piston for just about anything for...
Well now, that's interesting. Hurting a engine is generaly disturbing, but something is almost always learned from the event. It's called "destructive testing" in engineering terms, I always tried to...
Hey Ben; Good idea getting Demo Elgin to grind up your cam. I've tried several cam grinds over the years and what worked fine in V8's did not seem to work so well in the str8. I also was getting more...
Ol6rdr; I have found 'n lost your thread on Cassi 2 or 3 times, very interesting! A slant str8! The intake will be, along with a few other things, most interesting... What engines do you have for...
32special; I saw the runner behind the manifold, and it looks almost exactly like the runners on my Howard 5 carb manifold. Which will duplicate the same problem the Howard has, when the air/fuel...
A few years ago, I was thinking about cutting down a 320 dual carb manifold in order to get a larger intake runner volume. I compaired the 248-263 exhaust to the 320, they looked to be exactly the...
Ben; Who made your pistons, who ground the cam? What are the specs @ .o50? Did you sonic the block? When I lost a engine, [there were a few] it always seemed to be at the rear of the block. I...
Hey Ben, fill me in on just what all you did to "hot up" your 263. Alleycat
I've returned to Team Buick. I got booted off, looks like some sort of 'puter problem. Talking to one of the moderators, he mentioned that at the same time there was some sort of problem with other...
Well now!! It looks like some of the str8 rodders are starting to ring in! Hot dawg! We'll see where it goes. Do I have some new ideas about str8's? You better believe it. Some ideas I've been...
Nope, not a hint. Just off. Funny thing is, I couldn't even get on the site as a visitor. Tried to get any of the moderators, nope. I had plenty of other stuff to use up my time, sooo, worry about...
Greetings all! I have been lurking around this site off & on for a few years now, that is, since I got booted off a few years ago for what exactly, I don't know other than, I was a little too "out...