Buick Straight 8 short block assembly! | Redline Update #63
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Pistons! They're finally here! Davin gets to work on the Buick straight 8 short block assembly. Piston assemblies are... well... assembled, and then installed into to block. We can't wait to hear this thing run!
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Yesss! Perfect timing on my lunch break from school
Me too!
Me three!
me four!!
Me five, work lunch break.
Be sure to get a job where you get an hour for lunch, kids.
Wrist pin okay at 1:08/cyl 1? Love the channel.
I don't know why, but this engine and this set of build videos are my favorite from Hagerty. There is just something about this particular engine.
For me, It’s the Color !
The Fireball 8 always makes me think of rainman.
I mean it’s a straight 8, ya never see those
It wont make much hp, just torque, yet it's so cool for how much effort was put into this old non sport engine
I'm younger, never seen more than allot of japanese straight 6 engines, so this is really cool for me. I can't wait to hear how it sounds!
Real professional with great attitude… if my 49 Buick straight 8 ever needs rebuilding hope I can take it to this shop!!
What amazes me are the 4 bolts in the back of the engine holding everything up and not snapping.
not sure how many folks requested this build when they were asking for content suggestions a while back....but THANK YOU! always admired these engines. thanks to Hagerty for rolling with the punches this past year and charging forward with this build. can't wait to get this sucker buttoned up and fired up!
love the straight 8, cant wait to see it/hear it run. :3 such a unique sound.
Yeah great assemble of the Buick Block. Man that oil pan has a ton of bolts.
I've had a silicone sealant tube do that before and yes I poked it and got the useable sealant out of it.
I cant wait to hear this engine... 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'm guessing it will have a nice purring burble and not a roar at idle
perhaps, even a bit of an aquatic burble
what do you think?
Interesting : 12 point nuts on main caps, with sealer in a tube running 8.00 to 10.00 bucks, good use of resources . Neat trick on timing cover seal too 😃👍😷
I bet there is some torque in that straight 8! 💪
Such a beautiful engine.
Have to say, I'm getting a bit extra happy when the Buick comes up: a straight 8 is such an unusual thing to see, it's just joyful to look at.
Cold War motors did a straight eight challenge last summer. It was great to see the packaged and Buick 8 run up the driveway :)
I keep imagining the mental work that goes into designing and machining an engine like this and even outdated it must be very complex an extraordinary engineering work done by the automotive industry.
I did the same thing this past Sunday on my 1967 327 small block.
Couple cups of coffee and concentration.
All went well
To me you have the perfect job. Getting paid and having fun. The straight 8 what a beast!
To do it right with the balancer you need to lay a bead over the groove and turn it down to tolerance, that "speedy sleeve" will wear right back into the groove.
Thanks for sharing Davin👍
Boy what a great series👍
Stay Safe👍
Buick straight 8 legendary
wow .... I confess that the assembly of this engine has particularly attracted me ... I am amazed at the unique mechanics. greetings from Neuquén Argentina 😎👍
I've lived in Alaska since '82. Winter of '83/'84 I had made a new friend and went over to his place which was a house and three large barns. Part of an old retired farm. The family that owned the farm rented out the house and the tenants were charged with keeping prying eyes out of those three large barns. So naturally the two of us snooped through every square inch of 'em. There were so many neat old things in there. My favorite was a giant, smooth fendered Packard with a straight eight engine. The car was covered in tarps and the interior in bed sheets. It was pristine inside and out. I have no doubt it would have started up and drove. I loved that car. .....
That was it ... that was when I got bitten by the gearhead bug. This build ... this engine ... it's so strange how important it feels to me.
You truly are the luckiest man on earth!
Don't have much of a mechanical mind. But I loved watching my Dad and uncles work on cars growing up, and watching your Rebuilds series always makes me remember the memories. Thanks for sharing
👍 Just love watching a engine go back together...
So clean and precise....
The attention to detail for the motor assembly and the video production calms my OCD.
They don't make like that anymore! That's a beauty!
Davin's builds are the best on this channel. I had no idea speedy sleeves existed. I always learn something when he is on.
I want once in my lifetime work on a so clean and beautiful engine
DAVIN!
Dude, your episodes need to be longer, my man! You and Tom carry the load around there for sure.
Stay safe and God bless,
-Ed on the Ridge
Thanks for the encouragement about getting out in my shop and getting my work done I did I put an engine and a transmission in my 81 Volkswagen rabbit pick up
Can't wait to see this Engine start and purring like a kitten
The old Buick straight 8 is an interesting project, thank you.
Buick green is such a nice, clean color. It looks so nice on that straight 8
Rebuilt plenty of v8's, straight 6's and 4's, but never a straight 8. Was great to watch an expert mechanic at work.
Holy cow look at the size of that motor!
I think this is the first "Straight 8" build video, where the damn thing didn't fight you on building it.
I cannot wait to hear it come to life.
This engine has done nothing but fight us! Haha. We've documented quite a few along the way... but have left a few battles out as well!
Come on come on i already want to hear him roar! :D It is looking very nice!
This is the kind of Hagerty vid I look forward too. Thanks.
Hope he smoothed out the burr on the speedisleeve after tearing off the drive flange.
I noticed that too and totally agree with you.
Does not matter as it does not contact the seal
@@kris8742 OK. But I'm guessing Davin took care of it because as we see, he is detail oriented.
Seal games , those are fun.
Speedy sleeves , moving a seal out/in more to a better surface , cutting the spring for more tension, all of em are a good time 😀
26 people have more Bitcoin then you can shake a stick at... Love your guys shop 👌
Hey Hagerty: Can you update us with a recipe for "Davin's Famous Homemade Raspberry Jam" in the next episode? I see him using it a lot here, and it looks delicious. Thanks in advance.
Sorry. Trade secret.
The name is Davin, not David !!
Loving the motivational comments at the end! Great Channel. 👍👌
Hey Ever Thing Went Well. "in this episode" Things are looking up! Great Job Davin!
Thanks hagerty for great video
Thank you. Enjoy your stuff
I am so addicted to this.....donno what I am doing in IT.
Davin likes a clean engine.
I love watching uncommon engines being rebuilt!
Finally!!! An update on this engine, I love this series.
I'm looking forward to seeing that thing come to life
Nice to see some progress on this one, without any major complications along the way.
Finally managed to make it through an episode without ending it due to an issue! Ha! Such is life with building these old engines.
@@Hagerty Can't agree more.
Always a plus when you cut yourself with the speedie sleeve.
Good job .. with love from Greece
Can't wait to hear that engine runining.😎🔩🔧👍
Interesting. Hex nuts and 12 point nuts mixed and matched on the conrods.
Hagerty: why are straight 8 not so common nowadays? Can't wait for the next episode. I hope you complete it in the next one and test it!!!
The casting technology improvements for V8 engines killed the straight 8. The shorter hoods along with more passenger and trunk capacity rendered the low rpm straight 8 engines obsolete..
@@Hanzyscure interesting... How low could the rpms go?
I personally cannot wait to see and hear this engine run!
Saw a buick st/8 with dual carbs at a drag strip in Wash state in a 53 chevy turn 1/4 14.77 @ 107mph
I love Davin, such a good presenter
Hola e visto varios vídeos suyos muy bueno lo felicito saludo desde Córdoba Argentina 💪🖒🏁
Can't wait to hear it run
6:23 I cried a bit when Davin scraped the paint away
Idem
Good eye! Cringeworthy for sure.
It's on the inside of the balancer so it would be very hard to see even if trying to see it once assembled.
Never seen a straight 8 before. What a beauty!
Wait until you hear it 👍
I have only seen bits and pieces in shops and garages
never one assembled
This build has my total attention!
Can't wait to hear this turn over and run man I'm fully invested now
This has been an excellent project to follow.
I can't wait till it's done, been watching since the beginning the waiting is crazy but like any project we anyways take time and care to make sure it's done right, love the channel keep up the awesome work
Nice work.
Oh, spotted that LAOWA Probe lens in the background. Sick shots incoming I guess.
Although I realize those are cork gaskets, and a coat of silicone doesn’t typically ‘squish’ out the gasket...
To prevent gasket ‘squish’, I found that, never use silicone when using a neoprene gasket.
Let it tack up and skin over for a good 10 mins , so when you touch it ,it doesn't stick on your finger but is still a little gooshy.
Technical term, there. 😀
One of my pet hates in the trade is when people use silicone on every gasket surface.. it's got a gasket for a reason. A blob where there's a join with a timing cover or rear main plate is all cool but coating everything sucks. When you inevitably have to replace that part or that gasket and have to scrape a ton of silicone off you'll be swearing.
@@greasemonkeychris4128 Agreed! Mechanics & wannabes have been programmed to just lay a good bead on both sides of every gasket they see.
Of course you have the guys that have to put 3 coats off copper sealer on both side of the head-gasket.
Only making the sealant companies rich!
Nice to see the Buick straight 8 taking shape!^^
No leaks on that beast! Haha
Looks like a show engine. Very clean & well done.
definitely want to hear this run!
That is one *long* oil pan. Great video!
I'm always watching this when I should be working
Love the videos on this old iron...enough already of SBC OR LS
Man do I envy you what a job I love it
Don't know what the plans are for the engine but it would be awesome to build a t- bucket style hot rod around it. It would for sure show off all that old iron.👍👍
You should check out Jonathan W s channel, he's built several hot rods around oddball engines including a '54 Ford Y block,a '41 Cadillac flathead V8, and a Buick straight eight like this one
Knock knock knock, sisään!
Sólo para el conocimiento abrazo desde Buenos Aires Argentina
Nice to see Pro’s break their knuckles too.
Great video
Miss those times when i'm working on a mini shop with my father and we're rebuilding engines
Did I hear "short" block? LOL..
Great video, I just can't wait to hear this engine running
Looks like they need a special engine stand to accommodate the extra length.
That's a whole lotta oil pan bolts to torque correctly.
such fine work
Such a beautiful engine. I love that color green. Reminds me of the early 2-stroke Detroit diesels. (Is it the same green?)
Speaking physicaly, hardly you`ll get the same presure on the thightening of both sides of the screws on the rings of the pistons. I`ve walked the talking! No offense to your perfection temptemtion. You are one of the best, still!
My respects!
Yesssss been waiting for this
I love the attention to detail you used on this engine, and all the others I have seen you do. However ( and maybe I missed it) I never hear you talking about balancing any engine.
Also, still waiting for an update on car this beauty is going into.
Was wondering about the crank geometry,
Wish you would spend some time talking about that and how it affects the primary and secondary balances, rotationally induced harmonics, and the relative degree position of the pistons and their movement, and ignition timing. This crank appears to be a cross or cruciform crank as opposed to a flat crank and should deliver a power stroke (actually 2 power strokes) every 90 degrees of rotation without the need of a counter balance shaft.
Please correct or add more if I'm wrong or left something out
Also, there's the sound, I'm guessing it will have a nice purring burble at idle as opposed to a throaty roar.
That looks like an extra large Tonya piston slammer downer. 😂
Not as large as the liner slammer downer 😜
A teller could really use one of those
Love to see it on a dyno once it`s finished, Really curious about what hp and torque numbers it makes. Love this series Davin. Stay safe, God Bless.
My guess is 90hp
Do not recall what year or size this block is, so arbitrarily selecting 1950, by the "book" from the factory the 248 was 115 @3600 brake HP; 30.6 rated HP & 212 ft lbs @ 2000 RPM. The 268 was 124 @3600 HP; 32.5 HP & 220@ 2000 respectively. The 320 was 152 @ 3600; 37.8 & 280 @ 2200 again respectively. Not ready for Bonneville, for sure, but good enough to get these nearly 4000lbs monsters moving down the road!
@@stashaszezlenko9601 Thanks for that information, Stasha. (You meant 263, not 268, and either your finger or your keyboard messed up on you. I also have fingers and a keyboard with independent streaks.) I have a 1940 248 and a 1952 263 that could stand rebuilds, but all the problems Davin encountered are deterrents, and he's got the financial resources of Hagerty's behind him. The horsepower and torque numbers aren't all that impressive when seen alongside those of the 250 and 292 Chevy inline sixes. But the straight 8s sure are smooth. Speaking of Bonnneville, have you seen the Straight 8 Buick being run there?
@@stephenandloriyoung5716 263? Oooops, happy fingers, yeah, happy fingers.
There was a '40 2 door Sedanette on e-bay about a month ago that I put a half-hearted bid on, did not win it, so yes, would love to have a straight 8 in the garage to tinker with.
I believe I saw the video you are referring to, very impressive. (Still had the clock in the dash!) Also out there somewhere are videos of supercharged Packard straight 8's running Bonneville. Way faster than you would suspect, especially from a flathead. Smoothest running engines ever, stand a coin edgewise on a running straight 8 and it will not fall over if it is tuned right.
Chevy straight 6's had compression ratios in the 8's, Buick was like 6.9:1, probably accounts for the higher HP/torque ratings.
Hagerty carries my insurance on my 944, so in my own little way, I am paying for this Buick build!
Like Davin sez: get out in the garage & get to work!
@@stashaszezlenko9601 My first straight 8 was a 268.4 flathead in my 53 Pontiac. It had a burnt valve and still ran very smoothly, and I drove it that way (not realizing) for three years. Went to the top of Whiteface Mountain in NH with a load of teens in it. Who knew?
Davin: Is this on????
Me: _shakes head_ Yeahhhhhhhhh!
I use orange Locktite, it tastes like blue but holds like red
"Delicately" like your machinist "delicately" hammered those sleeves in?
I ain’t confident in them sleeves lasting either. Damn that dude was rough
@@benjaminnoakes5799 I have found them very reliable
@@kris8742 there's nothing wrong with sleeves but I would suggest you go back and look at the video where they got installed and tell me that it doesn't make you cringe
@@RD-km4yi i've seen it and was thinking the same. then i wondered why they might not use that technique. i have done it that way with turbine engines shafts and bearing races, but all that stuff was oiled in and of some sort or alloy (shaft aluminium, and bearing of other stuff dont know exactly hehe)
when you shrink using dry-ice, there is always some condensation buildup when you remove from the dry ice and install the parts.
would this not induce moisture onto the bare metal in the engine block and actually cause worse corrosion in later stages in between the sleeve and block??
This is a genuine question, i am in no means an automotive engine builder, turboprops is where my knowledge is at
8 1/2 mins to assemble a complete short block ? Brother you can work for me anytime WOW ! Me thinks you missed a few details here . Most times it take's me a full 2 eight hour days to assemble one ( but I check every clearance and end gap on everything, just the way I am) Also I go over every toque setting ( value ) twice, a trick I watched Smokey Yunick do in the old best dame garage in town in Daytona ) To bad you speed ed the assemble up as young folks need to learn all the details we take for granted ! . Also did you check end play of the thrust bearing on the main bearing ?