Hello all, it's been a while since I've been on the list, and worked on my project, but now with my daughter graduating college it's time to get back to some serious work on the "B". QUESTION FOR THE
It *has* been a while, Bill. Good to hear from you. Wil has put 40k miles on such a combo. Right, Wil? Wil! Wil?. Not a problem, but you prob. don't want to bore a GM block .030 ^^^ What combo is tha
Some thoughts, 300 heads will "overhang" the bore. .30 over Buick style pistons are available. If Olds pistons can be found .30 over, with Buick 215 heads, you will have 10.75 : 1 compression & a str
Additional thoughts- are you sure the V-6 cover is shorter than the 215 when the 215 has a Buick 300 water pump installed? Also, if you get a METRIC oil pump base for a V-6 Buick, it will bolt up to
Thought I replied to this but I didn't see it come through (must have fat fingered it). You can get the Lagrou article from Kurt Schley, the MGBV8 newsletter guy. I've also scanned it in if you can h
Dan, I can handle .gifs, where can I download the article from. Also the 300 crank and heads have been in my posession for some time thanks to Wil which is why I've elected to use these parts. -- Reg
Lars, are you aware that there are two different styles of Oldsmobile heads? If you're stroking, you probably want the 51 cc heads or, better yet, the 54 cc Buick 300 heads. Dan Jones Thanks, I think
Can the Buick 300 heads be modified to bolt onto an Olds block? -lar Lar Kaufman "Cynics aren't born, but made." --Joseph Epstein Polymedia Services Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.A. lark@walden.com
Well, Greg, I guess I need another head-scratching, spitting and looking at hardware meeting. I'd like to see the heads in question and take some dimensional measurements as well. Thanks, -lar Lar Ka
Since you are building an engine for an airplane, 2 articles may be of interest to you. The V8 Newsletter, Vol V Issue 1 has an article by Greg Williams,relating an e-mail exchange with "Corky" Scot
Thanks for the pointers, Jim. I've separately corresponded with Corky Scott (who abandoned the 215 engine, incidentally). I have some Sport Aviation information regarding Steve Wittman's use of an un