1951 Buick Special Deluxe 2 Door Straight Eight Car
The straight-8 is a bygone engine configuration that was once common for automakers seeking enhanced performance and refinement. Buicks were powered by straight-8s for more than two decades, in varying displacements.
1951 Buick Special Deluxe 2 Door Straight Eight Car
12-24-2005, 07:05 PM Ha! Kinda wondering when someone was going to ask some serious questions. I've built only 1 320, my 248 a number of times and currently favor the 263 as the best of the bunch. The 320 and 248 are basicly the same engine, just bigger or smaller depending on your viewpoint.
1939 Buick Straight Eight saloon The Private Collection
Buick's "nailhead" overhead V-8 debuted in 1953, and then low-priced Ford got its "Y-block" overhead V-8 in 1954. Packard could never again claim industry-leading status with its erstwhile eights, and by 1952 it was struggling to compete with the Big Three.
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Buick straight eight cranks have five main bearing journals. Generous in size, the become larger from front to rear, except in the 263 engine where they are a constant diameter, 2.562 inches. To prevent misalignment of the crank, matched sets of main bearing inserts must be installed when fitting the crank to the block If the crank must be.
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Jimmy2car, Aug 30, 2012 SHARE POST #2 50Fraud Member from Long Beach, CA When I was a kid in the '50s, there were a few guys around who had very fast Buick straight 8's. Most of them were built around '37 Centurys, which were probably the lightest Buicks to use the big straight 8.
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Redline Rebuild S 4 : Ep 89 Fitting a Buick Straight 8 aftermarket exhaust and intake manifold | Redline Update - Hagerty Media
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General Specifications for the 263 and 320 straight eight Buick engines. The following information has been directly complied from the original 1952 Buick service manual. Max B.H.P. @ RPM. Full precision bored bearings first appeared in Buick engines in 1947. In series 40-50 after engine 4918702 and up to engine 4919898 and after engine 4922786.
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Straight 8 Engines BUICK STRAIGHT 8 ENGINES By: Willian C. "Bill" Anderson, P.E., Vice President of the BHA. Buick employed Straight-8 engines in all models from 1931 through 1952 and in the Specials in 1953 when the nailhead V-8 was introduced in the Super and Roadmaster models.
1952 Buick Straight 8 Pillarless 2 Door Coupe
Along with Packard, Buick was one of the two leading proponents of the straight-eight engine in America. Introduced in 1931, Buick's straight eight engine replaced the automaker's trusty inline six and then took its place as an essential part of the Buick brand identity for more than 20 years.
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Our overhaul of this 1951 Buick Fireball straight-eight is FINALLY complete! Witness the total transformation of this very tired engine in this fast-paced ti.
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The Buick straight-8 engine ( Fireball 8) was produced from 1931 to 1953 and sold in Buick automobiles, replacing the Buick Straight-6 engine across the board in all models in 1931. Like many American automobile makers, Buick adopted the straight-eight engine in 1931 as a more powerful alternative to the previous engines. Design
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Here's one that turns my crank: a shot of a Buick straight eight in a hot rod. I bet that pipe makes some sweet music. Ford flathead V8s are the stereotypical engine in vintage hot rods, but that's far from an accurate representation. Buick straight eights and GMC sixes were quite common, because of their overhead valves and big displacements.
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Bob Willem Wouterse May 14, 2022 at 12:15 am Hi all, We are restoring a Buick 76s Coupe,… we need 8x new pistons. Does anybody know where we can find them? In today's displacement date story, Let's Take A Look At The 320ci Buick Straight Eight. These engines were cool and powerful for their day.
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