Brand New Hot Rodded STR8 Engine compartment HOTTTTTT

**Jim Carmichael** · 06-12-2010, 08:42 PM

I think you may be able to drop the temp a little more if the headers were ceramic coated.

**Bob** · 06-13-2010, 08:19 AM

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Tell em' you saw it on "teambuick.com"

**detroyt** · 06-28-2010, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by Spatacuulous

Running 2 giant Dual stainless exhaust and glass packs sounds great

Youtube or its a lie.

Congrats on the buildup she looks great!!!

**Straight Eight** · 06-28-2010, 09:49 AM

The original 49's had their ventiports connected with tubes to the engine compartment. The newer 49's didn't bother. Which do you have? Had you thought to use those holes to exhaust some of your heat? I think Jyrki had heat problems, and raised the back of his hood to exhaust heat. I would think the ventiports would to the same thing. Let us know what you think about this, might be a real solution.

**ebbsspeed** · 07-15-2010, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by Spatacuulous

SOLVED. What the hot rodding a straight 8 article failed to mention was that the timing requirement of 4 degrees advanced is more like 12.5 degrees advanced once you shave the cylinder head as much as I did.

You said you shaved the head .0075 in an earlier post. I think you must have done more than that, 'cause a .0075 cut isn't much at all.