hi whats up fellow buick lovers well i am farely new to the group but i love it i find myself on here every day asking and answeeing questions,anyway i have a 70 skylark but it has a 77 lesabre 350 in it, i am getting the heads reworked which way should i go with that,new lifters(16)stock,new valves(16)stock,new high performance intake, TA212 cam is there anything else i need to buy to go with the cam,i need suggestions on the type of timing chain i should use and if i buy a new timing chain do i have to buy a new cover? i am trying to get better power and overall performance out of my motor am i going the right route? any suggestions to things i might be forgetting please feel free i m all ears!! my name is darius let me know yours when you answer
Hey Darius what's up man.About the only other thing I could think of is maybe having the machine shop check your factory valve springs to make sure they are still good.If not you'll want to go with some new springs for that TA 212 cam,either stock replacement or step up to the TA's(can't remember part #) or postons(PE 104)TA has theirs listed on their website.If you have any more questions you can PM or e-mail me atDnBllck@aol.com or jeffbullock26@hotmail.comTake it easy man and I'll talk to you later. Jeff B.
70 heads on the 77 - 350 If you still have the 350 heads from your 70 engine, why not have them reworked and put on the 77 - 350 engine that is in your car. They will have a higher compression ratio, thus will produce more power. After 1970 came the smogger engines with lower compression ratios. Just a thought For a timing chain go with a stock replacement, with a steel gear on the camshaft. Be sure to clean the end of the camshaft of any gunk before installing the new gear. Replace the timing cover only if the oil pressure is low, or there is excessive wear at the cam button. A new cover should be easy to get as the 231 V6 in the turbo Regal uses the same timing cover. There are high volume oil pump covers available for a little more money. I do not know about the cam button for a 350, but many turbo Regal owners upgrade to the torrington bearing style found in the Gen II 3800 V6, which does not cause any wear on the timing cover. Hope this helps
going for speed any suggestions (350) yeah i thought about that too late i got rid of that motor before i found out how the compression ratio works so will i be losing alot of horsepower with these heads and what can i tell the machine shop to do to my heads to give them more power? these are the parts i already haveor gonna get) stage 1 intake TA1432-oversized valves TA212-hydraulic cam TA1521-timing chain should i use a double roller timing chain for the engine? Should I get my heads shaved down a little to go with the bigger valves? Overall should i see a big improvement in power and speed. P.s. any other parts i should buy while i am in the engine please let me know
why not give it a shot of laughing gas?? -As far as I know, Buick engines should be able to handle it..
