Rick
You may need to revise your plans here. Your going to have some trouble
running as an XO/anything with a 300 Buick. Now if you want to run D/GALT
thats different.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Hammond" <r.hammond@sympatico.ca>
To: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: new to list
> Richard Fox wrote:
>
> > Rick; I like your plan. What motor do you plan to use. 302 GMC is fine.
> > Rich Fox
> > >Hi All,
> > >Just got on the list.
> > >My project will be a '48 Pontiac Torpedo-back, probably for xo/VGALT.
> > >It won't be ready for a while but I'm just about into tearing things
> > >apart, maybe put them together for next season.
> > >
> > >I'd like to hear from anybody with similar stuff, as well as anyone
with
> > >details on substantiating a motor for XO as being "1959 or earlier
> > >design". Is there a provision for slightly later motors of the same
> > >'family' without major design changes?
> > >
>
> Richard,
> I'm looking at the 300 Buick V8, that followed the 215. They can share
the
> same heads; basically the 300 is a stroked 215, in fact a common mod is to
> use a 300 crank in the 215 block. The 300 was in the '64 model years but
> like the 215 it would have been developed well back into the 50's.
> Cheers,
> Rick
> PS I'm using the 'reply all' but each of your posts come in twice.
> Shouldn't we just reply to the list?
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