Thank you for posting, loved those engines. I was taught to elongate the oil passage holes to look a bit like a kayak. At high rpm it makes a bigger pool of oil for the bearings. Hope it runs good for you.
My go-to cam for a mild low compression 455 back in the '80s was the Crane 266HIT cam, 216/228*@.050" and .454/.480 lift on a 112*LSA. It had a nice lope cold but smoothed out when warm to sound nice with great vacuum. I had the first one (ordered from "PAW" out of California back then!) in my '72 LeSabre Custom 455, in an otherwise stock motor with a HV Melling pump kit and NOS Stage 1 valve springs from the Buick dealer, which ironically was in the same building that I worked in from 1994-2003 has been my personal shop since 2005!!
Thank you for posting, loved those engines. I was taught to elongate the oil passage holes to look a bit like a kayak. At high rpm it makes a bigger pool of oil for the bearings. Hope it runs good for you.
@claytonhollister482
Thanks for the comments! Yes, I have seen that as well, but I'm not sure about my die grinder skills, ha!
My go-to cam for a mild low compression 455 back in the '80s was the Crane 266HIT cam, 216/228*@.050" and .454/.480 lift on a 112*LSA. It had a nice lope cold but smoothed out when warm to sound nice with great vacuum. I had the first one (ordered from "PAW" out of California back then!) in my '72 LeSabre Custom 455, in an otherwise stock motor with a HV Melling pump kit and NOS Stage 1 valve springs from the Buick dealer, which ironically was in the same building that I worked in from 1994-2003 has been my personal shop since 2005!!
@rodneybyrd9516
Sounds like a great combination. The 212 grind specifications are as follows:
VALVE LIFT
STOCK 1.55 RATIO:
IN: .459”
EXH: .470”
TA ROLLERS 1.60 RATIO:
IN: .473”
EXH: .485”
DURATION
AT .050
IN: 218
EXH: 230
ADVERTISED
IN: 265
EXH: 280
LOBE CENTER: 112
POWER RANGE: 1500-5500
Never lay your crankshaft horizontal. Always straight up unless it's in the block.
Love the Buick 455. Such torque monsters, even stock. 👍
@@henrys.6864
You are correct! Thanks for the reminder!