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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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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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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.

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The straight-eight engine or inline-eight engine (often abbreviated as I8 or L8) is an eight-cylinder internal combustion engine with all eight cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase. The type has been produced in side-valve, IOE, overhead-valve, sleeve-valve, and overhead-cam configurations.

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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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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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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.

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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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Four Of The Greatest Straight-8s To Ever Come Off An Assembly Line By Greg Acosta June 11, 2021 Incredible Straight 8-Cylinder Engines You Will Love Watch on Let's face it, in today's world an inline-eight-cylinder engine is an anachronism. Modern vehicle design and technology lends itself to compact, lightweight, highly efficient engine designs.

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For 1931, Buick raised the curtain on a lineup featuring no fewer than three different straight-eight engines, including the 220.7-cu.in. for the new entry-level Series 50, the 272.6-cu.in. for the Series 60 seen here, and the 344.8-cu.in. for the new senior Series 80 and Series 90.

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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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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.