Young olds roger parkey Washington state (95 posts) Registered: 05/02/2018 07:07PM Main British Car: Opel 1900 sport coupe 1975 Oldsmobile 215 |
New guy
New member but not new to the site, i been researching the olds, buick, rover motors for years now and seem to always end up on this site so i figured id just join so I can ask questions and gain more info. I dont own a british car but i have an opel manta with a 215 and t50 im working on.
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Young olds roger parkey Washington state (95 posts) Registered: 05/02/2018 07:07PM Main British Car: Opel 1900 sport coupe 1975 Oldsmobile 215 |
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I’ve had 215’s in a few olds f85’s and I’ve always been interested in them but never modified one. I stumbled upon this engine and just had to have it, with the engine I got a chevy bellhousing adapter with flywheel, a dry sump pan and a nib crower stroker crank.
Then I needed a car, ended up with the Manta. Then the fun began, most of the fun was building headers( picture is of an unfinished one) but luckily was able to pull that off. |
BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6468 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
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I like it. Also those injector stacks are way cool. What can you tell us about them and the front cover?
Jim |
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Young olds roger parkey Washington state (95 posts) Registered: 05/02/2018 07:07PM Main British Car: Opel 1900 sport coupe 1975 Oldsmobile 215 |
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The injection is hilborn, the ports are larger than the ports in 215 heads so I’m assuming they match 300 heads or the gm race heads I’ve heard about. The only thing I know about the front cover is it says Micky Thompson and it’s set up for a cam driven fuel pump.
Thanks for the comment on the headers, This is my first time building headers and I’ve been working really hard on them. Excuse the ugly welds I only have a mig. Once I get them to fit how I want I’ll smooth the welds and get them ceramic coated. Drivers side had to have the steering shaft pass through. Both sides are a tight fit and it whooped my butt making these. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2018 01:19PM by Young olds. |
Young olds roger parkey Washington state (95 posts) Registered: 05/02/2018 07:07PM Main British Car: Opel 1900 sport coupe 1975 Oldsmobile 215 |
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Are there mini starters readily available? Mine has one on it that has a McLeod sticker but I never heard of them making starters, and this engine bay is so tight I can’t fit a starter and larger then what I have. Would also like to know more about the gm race heads if anyone can enlighten me.
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Young olds roger parkey Washington state (95 posts) Registered: 05/02/2018 07:07PM Main British Car: Opel 1900 sport coupe 1975 Oldsmobile 215 |
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Realized I didn’t tell you about the engine in the car. It’s an olds block, buick heads( 10:1 comp and rocker supports), Erson tq20 cam, performer intake and quadrajet carb, and an aluminum flywheel. [youtu.be] video is with partial exhaust, from headers through x pipe ending under back seat area. Still not sure what I’m doing for mufflers.
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88v8 Ivor Duarte Gloucestershire UK (1041 posts) Registered: 02/11/2010 04:29AM Main British Car: 1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8 |
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Silencers....I had a Flowmaster DBX on my 3.5 RV8. It sounded like a tin can. Previously a straight-through that was more like a slow-firing machine gun, until it blew its stuffing out.
Now I have a Hooker Aerochamber. Big improvement. What sounds good for five minutes can become a real earache after an hour, and getting the sound you want without resonance or boom is a bit of a lottery. Demon Tweeks have a good selection of silencers. Ivor |
Young olds roger parkey Washington state (95 posts) Registered: 05/02/2018 07:07PM Main British Car: Opel 1900 sport coupe 1975 Oldsmobile 215 |
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I already know what style of muffler I want it’s just a matter of if I can fit them.
It doesn’t seem so but does anyone have anymore info on the mickey Thompson front covers for these motors? I’ve seen one other one on a motor with hilborn injection like mine but it had a magneto where mine has a Mallory dual points. I’ve come up empty handed when I tried researching it. Also very interested to learn more about the gm race heads as well as the dual quad intake. |
mgb260 Jim Nichols Sequim,WA (2461 posts) Registered: 02/29/2008 08:29PM Main British Car: 1973 MGB roadster 260 Ford V8 |
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Roger, I don't know for sure but Mickey Thompson was involved with GM, Indy, Drag Racing, Off-Road and Marine. Probably Drag Racing or Marine. They commonly used cam driven water pumps.
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BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6468 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
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The website has free accounts and they are a good resource.
Jim |
MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4511 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
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I see.
It is an excerpt from a Peterson Publishing book - Hot rodding the Buick;: Tuning and souping all Buick engines from Special V6 to 425 "Mystery" V8. Performance secrets of Reventlow's Scarab, ... dragster (Hot Rod magazine technical library) Unknown Binding – 1963 by Bob Russo (Author) This link should work. [www.teambuick.com] |