Thanks for sharing your car like this. I was wondering where it had disappeared to. I was addicted to the previous series of videos. Absolutely the pinnacle of hot rod design. The straight eight sounds wonderful. Thanks thanks thanks.
Sounds like a V8. I thought the sound of a V8 was because if one desires freedom from secondary vibration the crankshaft design ie 4 throws @ 90deg apart, causes 2 adjacent cylinders to fire on each bank causing the uneven exhaust beat. A straight 8 has no such restriction in the crank design, yet this motor still sounds familiar, as do the other Buick straight 8s I found on RU-vid. Interesting stuff.
You are correct - a cross-plane crank V8 fires two consecutive cylinders into the same exhaust piping, giving the "V8 burble" due to gas pressure not falling off so much between the firings. The Buick straight-8 firing order is 1-6-2-5-8-3-7-4. So the intervals are 5-4-3-3-5-4-3-3. Slightly uneven. You can achieve much the same thing as a V8 burble in a straight-8 by configuring the routing of exhaust piping. Run pipes from consecutive firing cylinders into joins so that you have 8 pipes feeding into 4 pipes - each of the 4 pipes receiving adjacent pulses.
Well this is an old video. I have since built a bad ass engine for it and now running 4 stromberg 97's and some very nice parts inside. Been tuning it and its running very strong. Will get it on a dyno soon. Look for the Hot Rod magazine from February 2010. Was a cover car and a nice write up! Thanks for the very nice comments!
That gear knob peeping from windscreen, gauges above engine visible from cab position, that true traditional motor sound with supercharger whine..but whine is also very vintage.. Man...now it's ON, very soon i will make or have one of these with almost same setup ...cab won't be open and axles will ahead of good nose..
Any chance you might have other videos of the engine, or the entire view of the exterior of the car ? Would like to know what the car and engine look like if possible !
I stand corrected. i forgot them. Packard, Chryser and the Buick eights are the only ones that survived the end of the straight 8 with much of a reputation. The Buick eight being the only line 8 with ohv at the end and still is used in rods on occasion. I love the Chrysler, Packard, and Buick 8s. Nice to see someone other then me loves the old Detroit style.
Apparently, the inline 8 sounds exactly like a V8. I was always told that the alternating firing among the banks accounted for the V8 sound. What does the exhaust manifold of this engine look like?
IS HRM the only magazine this car has appeared in? I've seen it in a magazine; could have been Hot Rod. A lot of innovation and hard work. But you should dial it back a bit - I think you're having way too much fun - can't be good for you!
Stephen and Lori Young it’s been in a quite a few books and magazines over the years. Poor thing doesn’t get much road time lately but I’m working on changing that. 👍🏻
HAMB lol I see that, the guy in the Ford Escape really got on the gas when he saw the fishtail. Always thought it would be fun to have a 3 speed on the column instead of the usual on the floor but what is that 4 on the dash?
it looks to me like he re-routed the 3 on the tree to a engine mounted shifter. people do this because column shifters are not so great for fast shifting. since there is a linkage going between the body and the engine. and the engine is probably torqued up and twisted slightly during hard acceleration and shifting, column shifters tend to bind up or not move fast compared to something that's more direct and mounted to the twisting moving drive train. Murrica!
I read in the magazine he had a special cam put into it so that might have something to do with rev limit on his engine. I just want to know what he did to the Crank...
what's the popcorn cooker with the gauge up front in view . dad had V8 w2 4s ultra magic 😗 huge tank only outdone by 59colony park Merc. v12zephyr be my choice flatheads live on.
I used Ross racing forged pistons in this and the rings they supplied in the last build of the engine. I believe the piston and ring sets from kanter or other suppliers are more than adequate for a stick rebuild if that’s what your up to.
I found a 55 clipper not too long ago... onky thing im in desperate need of it a water pump.... any tips?? Other than that, runs and doesnt need much body work. Upholstery is shot but its a sound sled
sputnic the inline 8 was popular during the 30's and 40's cause they made great torque and were smooth running engines. As cars became a little smaller the hoods and front ends were shortened up and the v8 became the go to set up because it was compact. When gas was cheap and cars were expensive, it was a selling point to have a physically large engine under the hood.
