How To Build a Nostalgia Super Stock 1963 Buick Special! 

It's almost like an early 60s Fox body, reminds me of a Fairmont. Same sort of suspension front and rear, unibody, 4 lug, super light weight. Sad these y bodies are sort of orphans.

It’s coming, I ran into a snag with the head needing a guide repaired. Now I just need to find the time to get the block passage drilled, honed, rings gapped and all the parts cleaned up for reassembly. I’m a one man show!

Which car is the turbocharged 350 going into?

@@TwinTurboSkylark I don’t have a car yet, my first pick and attempt fell through. I’ll find something else or throw it in my Suburban.

Well now were are gonna get the car together!

On mine I did rocker gaurd in replace of the vinyl roof, painted it gloss black and it looks mint. m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bWi0qnwFxfI.html

The South East Gassers Super Stock rRules prohibit a Mustang II Front Suspension. I have to use the original pieces.

@@mr.roddersneighborhood2740 sorry I wasn't suggesting that you use that, just letting you know what I did. As far as I know, the S.E.G. requires a straight axle on the front.

@@IronChief not in Super Stock Class. Factory suspension.

@@mr.roddersneighborhood2740 are the front suspension parts the same on the Buick as the Pontiac? If they are, I have a complete front suspension rebuild kit I'm going to use.

Yeah... appears to be a factory option... cracked windshield.

I’ve actually changed direction on the rearend. Stay tuned for a new video discussing what it is and why.

Definitely!

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The only head I’m aware of that will bolt on the 215 that can increase power is the TA performance late model rover head. It does not have the extra bolt holes for the bottom row of head bolt holes. I’m not entirely sure of them directly bolting on and working correctly, I’ve never tried it myself. Check with TA performance. Your compression ratio may be unmanageable since these heads have a 27cc combustion chamber.

Thank you for the information. I'll definitely looks into them and keep gathering information. It's too nice of a car to change to much. But I would play around with interchangeables so I could roll back to Factory Original. I need to get a project car so I have more options and can hop it up without worrying about hurting the value of a survivor. I appreciate your time. Ty very much.

It's fine in the rules. It just has to have an era correct reared and it's not brand specific. Just No Billet pieces or Fab 9 housings allowed.

@@mr.roddersneighborhood2740 awesome

The 350 Buick is the exact same family of engine and bolts right in. That’s how it fits. Like it was meant for it!

Yes, just took a break for some personal life issues.

Not sure yet, but the math supports 5.13's for the 1/8th mile races planned with the Southeast Gassers Super Stock Class

Nice, I run a 4.56 gear, car is 2980 pounds and 2004R trans. Makes boost on the 350 by 3000 rpm, 3800 stall with triple disk lockup.

@@TwinTurboSkylark you would be better served with a higher reared gear, like a 3.23 or 3.42 to load those turbos sooner. A 4.56 is too low for a turbo application and would improve drivability, performance and mileage with a much more turbo friendly rear gear. Of course this all depends upon the tire height, but you would likely need 32" tall or taller rear tires on that 4.56 to get the best out of that combo. The 200-4R is my favorite OD Buick transmissions with that first gear not being super low like the 700-r4.

Hi, yes it runs a 32” tall by 20” wide tire so it needs so gear in there. The turbos are sized so that it gets full boost before the converter flash rpm so the gearing isn’t needed to help load the turbos and spoil them. If I went to larger turbos then a 4.10 gear could help spool them I’m sure. My current delay is having a pro port the alum heads for Max effort. It’s painful having the short block with girdle, billet crank etc sitting here waiting.

“Spool” not spoil

Uh... No. I even said in the video, I had them and thought I would try them out because it's what I had.