Project Wheels and Stance

[oestek]

Jay looks great, man. Did you cut the rear coils?

[JayR]

Thanks Kevin! Yep, I took a couple inches out of the Hotchkis springs to get it down and once the stereo and Dynamat goes in, I'm going to see where it's sitting and trim them up just a little more so it sits level with a full tank of gas.

[The WidowMaker]

looks sweet! are you going to drive it down to the costa mesa good guys this year? id love to see it in action on the autocross.

Tim

[Blitz]

Sounds like we need a video. Something up close and personal!

[tyoneal]

LMAO! Thanks Vince and everyone else!

I'll be running 18x8 with 235/40/18 and 19x8 with 245/40/19 BF/G KDWs. I know it seems conservative but I'm counting on the Hotchkis parts doing a lot of the work and the rear wheelwells are pretty narrow and the frame rail is flush with the well so any minitubs would require moving the frame rail so with an emphasis on time and budget at the moment, we're leaving them alone for now.

Right now, it has a 300" V8 with factory aluminum heads and intake that runs like a top and a powerglide, so again with the emphasis on time and budget, she's going to stay right there and the powerglide will stay in 1st gear out on the autocross! Next winter, I'm going to be on the lookout for an LS motor and an overdrive trans. Sorry Buick guys! I'd love to do an efi 455 like the one in Buwicked a few years back but that just isn't going to happen for less than a fortune so that's a no....

Anyone want to swap a set of wheels for an LS motor and trans??

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Have you thoughts about running a 401 Buick Nailhead? They make about 450 Foot Pounds of Torque at 2800 RPM. I think with a decent cam you can get about 360 hp and up the torque to 480 or so. That would really wake up the car, AND you would still have a Buick.

I have a 65 Riviera that I Bought an extra engine to play with. You can get them for $500-$1000 depending on completeness. Also, With the Switch Pitch 400 Transmissions you can make it stall at 1800 rpm or 2800 RPMs just by flipping a switch. Coming off the line you can Bake your tires. It's a real Blast to blow people off the line at stop light with a 45 year old car and engine.

Wouldn't You Really like to have a Buick? ;-)

Check out the Nailhead sites on Yahoo, and the Buick sites on Google, there are many people that make performance parts or just stock parts.

Focus on Nailhead Parts and or engines. Email me if you have problems.

Give me your thoughts. If you plan to run autocross, a 401 Nailhead would be more than enough to get you around the cones.

Take Care and good luck.

Regards,

Ty O'Neal

[WEAVER]

Looks good J

[64G-lark]

Love the car Jason. Please keep a Buick Powertrain! You do realize the 64 300 is light in weight thanks to the aluminum heads and intake and makes nice torque. Keep it and add the new T/A Rover heads. There is a growing aftermarket of parts since many parts interchange with the popular Rover engines. See this message board when you have time.

v8buick.com

Check out these threads

http://v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=191151

http://v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=172229

[turbofish]

On page three of this thread there is either a 68-69 GTO or lemans. Does anybody know any details on that car?

[tazzz25906112]

Looks Great Jay..... So I guess we'll be seeing a lot of you at all the events this year buddy ^5.....

[jro183]

Looks good.

J.R.O

[JayR]

On page three of this thread there is either a 68-69 GTO or lemans. Does anybody know any details on that car?

That's my friend, Wade's car. I think it's for sale. what do you want to know about it?

As for the 300 mentioned above, here's a little foreshadowing about Phase 2.0 that is about to commence here.

[Blitz]

I like the look of that!

[phenometron]

A friend of mine bought a 1965 Skylark a few years ago. He built a 455 for it. Just a mild pump gas hydrolic flat tappet cam. It has torque like nothing I have ever driven. These are killer motors to drive. I love the car. Good luck.

I'm with you on the 455 tip. My Riv is just over 2 tons, but she'll still snap your neck! I can only imagine dropping that into an older Skylark! Nice looking car, by the way! Can't wait to see it done!

[Bad94]

Doing a LS swap?

[turbofish]

Wondering if there was a build thread on it. Do you know what he is asking?

[Motown 454]

you got some nice partsthere Jay.

[JayR]

I totally respect Buick's musclecar legacy and know they had great motors but without mini-tubs, I really don't need 500 ft lbs much less the added weight over the nose of a big block Buick. As it is, the LS2 with a cam and a Keisler 6 speed is going to get 25 mpg and be able to light the tires up all day.

Don't think of it as cross breeding because I'm not the kind of guy to just drop an SBC in anything with an open engine compartment. Instead, think of it as a corporate GM motor that would be in Buicks today if they weren't still selling wrong wheel drive V6s to blue hairs.

With the aluminum block and heads, the corrected geometry of the L&H billet spindles and new Hotchkis UCAs, I'll be shaving hours off my autocross e.t.s!

The GTO doesn't have a build thread and I think he was asking around $40k. LMK if you need his contact info.

[Jeffrotech]

Love the Buick! But... x2 on the GTO! Can you give some specifics on his tire/wheel combo??? Looks like he filled the rear wells out nicely - not easy to do!

A link to his car would be cool. And, what the heck, some info on the selling of it, too!

[JayR]

Love the Buick! But... x2 on the GTO! Can you give some specifics on his tire/wheel combo??? Looks like he filled the rear wells out nicely - not easy to do!

A link to his car would be cool. And, what the heck, some info on the selling of it, too!

He's running Rushforth Whiplashes in 19x8 up front and 20x10 out back and air ride to get it laid out. No link as he's not really an internet guy and he isn't pushing it hard but if you guys can't live without it for around $40k, it could be yours!

[65BuickGS]

Awesome build!!!! Looking forward to more posts on your LS2 and 6 Speed,,,
Ive already done the Nailhead/200R4 thing,,(and im happy enough with it) always kinda had the itch to do the LS with a manual trans thing!!!!