Anything new from the straight 8 hot rodders?

[Jyrki]

Thanks - great info!

The oiler bar is a good idea for spring life, especially the exhausts. I assume you are running some kind of positive valve seals?

[duke]

Hey guys,

Send me your e-mail address to me grhamann(@) yahoo.com. It is easier to send them to you this way. I already sent some to one of you.

How much do your roller rocker arms weigh?

I used light weight chromemoly pushrods custom made to the correct lenght in order to maintain valve geometry.

[nali]

Did anyone see this thread on the Hamb :
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=494517

This seems crazy , so why not ?
There was pictures of Straight 8 cutted head on this forum , but it s too old and we don t have access anymore . This could be intesresting to see them back .
I don t write much but read a lot

[Buick Guy]

I posted the straight 8 cut apart head pictures on www.landracing.com because the files were too big to post here. They are still there on the EFI tech section of that forum. [It was late last year, or early this year that I posted the cut away shots].
Doug

[nali]

Oh .... I saw this car on youtube . So it s yourse ... Straight Eight is a small world :P
Didn t find the pictures in the 13 pages of the EFI tread , I will seek later .

[39CENT]

I posted the straight 8 cut apart head pictures on www.landracing.com because the files were too big to post here. They are still there on the EFI tech section of that forum. [It was late last year, or early this year that I posted the cut away shots].
Doug

there still are port cutaway pics in teambuick reference page


Buick Straight Eights

• 263 Head X-Sections

[nali]

Yes ... Finally got them .
It seems everyone write this , but I also have to admit it s worse than I thought :P
Thanks .

[Buick Guy]

Well, we broke our 325 inch motor at Speed Week trying to backup a 193 MPH record run, so we put our "Big" 367 Inch motor back together and we are going back to the Salt on the 14 th for World Of Speed to see if we really can get a straight 8 over 200 MPH. in a full sized car. Here's a video of the first warmup where it season's the exhaust wrap and creates lots of smoke [on the outside]. We will try to keep the other smoke on the inside this time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-8JwyoFh6E Enjoy,
Doug

[Aaron65]

Good grief that's awesome...especially the whistling sound! Nothing like boost!

[39CENT]

wow great lookin straight 8. did you run a tube straight down into the port area? How did you seal it? Funny how microphones pickup all the clatter an clanking in them straight 8,s.
I have been thinking about doing that to a head also.