Best 350 threads **STICKY**

I was told by Bill M. that the thread was deleted due to unnamed members calling up TA and other vendors and being quite nasty with them. All the while, using the thread as a basis for their argument. Bill saw fit that he delete the thread to prevent further harassment.

 

Good luck with renting one.

 

They do not have a 350 plate available to rent, I asked.

 

I thought I should copy this link here since the 340 uses the same bottom end as the 350 and at a .050 overbore is nearly the same block too (except for the cam and lifters):

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=160403

Mostly on the second page I think are the rod/piston details. This long rod motor should like to rev. The rods were cheap at about $350 but needed additional work. The pistons, at about $1200 all in, with rings, not so much. But the reciprocating weight is way down. The one thing that concerns me is the small piston pin. It's got to be about the smallest lightest piston pin ever used in one of these motors and how well it'll hold up is the real question. I wish I knew someone with actual experience in this area but it's a little late now to do much about it.

Along the way I learned that the cam gets cut down into the base circle to add lift and about .050" clearance to the shoulders of the rod is the needed clearance from the cam lobes, Also 0-ringing the decks runs about $100 and about the same for a set of copper head gaskets from SCE. Pretty comparable to mls gaskets, different pros and cons.

Jim

 

They have their own 350 plate, but not a plate to rent out. Got this info straight from THE top.

 

Yeah, it's in the current TA catalog online, I mentioned to them they might want to delete it next time they work on it. I'm guessing whoever you talked to was just reading it in the catalog.

 

Sounds like someone got mixed up there...

 

For a 350 Buick this is pretty impressive considering the lack of aftermarket parts. The entire rotating assembly was all custom order. No aftermarket heads and only 1 aluminum intake equal to a Edelbrock Performer.

Motor Breakdown:
350 buick stock 2 bolt main block 3.830 bore x 3.85 stroke (stock configuration) All ARP Studs throughout-60-80psi oil pressure running 50w Redline stock oil pump.
Custom crank, Custom rods, custom forged Pistons 8.5 comp
Custom Roller Cam-246/260@.50 .578/.600 112LC installed straight up.
850 CSU Carb and Hat 80/88 jetting on final pull
Aeromotive A1000 regulator
Race air-to-air intercooler w/ a 125 mph fresh air fan in front.
Headers are 2" tubes - 21" long - 4-2-1 merge into 3.5" x 4.5" megaphone 5" long.
Port IRON BUICK HEADS 290intake/200exhaust 1.6 Roller Rockers
Cometic gaskets
Ported STOCK IRON 4BBL INTAKE with plenium milled out
5" carb spacer

2 different ATI superchargers were used:
D1 Procharger
F-1 Procharger- Chevy cog adaption. Drive: 8" & 6.75" Blower: 3.5" down to 2" in 1/4" increments. 8" and 3" were the most used up to 16psi.

Motor, N/A Hp and torque numbers were mid 5's NA and the graph pretty much went flat just over 5800.

First Combination D-1:
838.5 hp @ 7100
674 tq @ 6000
12 psi.

Boost to 15psi (overspinning blower)
881.1hp @ 6950
711.1tqe @ 6105

Second combination F-1C:

950 hp/ 731 trq. Ran it up to 7200rpm on PUMP GAS!! 20psi
upper 900's with more tuning on following pulls......

on the seventh and final pull w/race gas and 20psi:
1021 hp @ 6800
808 ft. lbs. trq. @ 5750!!!

After watching a video of the monster 350 this was the posting:

 

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AWESOME car, love what you did to the engine!!!

 

That is Mark Burtons car, yes it is VERY cool! He is building my Skylark.

 

Here is some dyno testing of a Twin turbo kit on a stock, 100k mile, 74 smogger 350. The engine was 175 HP at the factory, and made about 350 Hp at the crank on low boost.

http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?243571-1963-Buick-LeSabre-wagon-with-a-twin-turbo-Buick-350

 

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v732/seanbuick76/hrd/?action=view&current=img001.jpg

 

Here is a Turbocharging article I wrote based on the 350 Buick in Jay3000's car: Right click and "save picture as" so that you can open them in a picture program and zoom into them.

 

The twin turbo Skylark is coming together!

 

dude that ride is sick bro!

Sent from the dust in front of you!

 

Here is the car now owned by Blake Thresher:

 

Sticky links not working.

 

Yeah sorry I will have to try to re do the links they got changed after the forum was re formatted...

 

Fixed some of the links just now.. here is another good one:

http://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/new-low-e-t-from-the-350-boat-anchor.320773/

 

Cool. Thanks!