Buick 300 V8 build recipe

Airwreckc · February 02, 2022, 05:11:09 PM

All good advice--it'll be interesting to see how things work out. Great insight from all of you, as I thought. The 2.3 Turbo pistons look very promising (and super cheap at $14 each).
Ford 2.3 Turbo Piston.jpg

BlownMGB-V8 · February 03, 2022, 11:56:00 AM

Check the front rod bolt heads against the suction galley casting and the shoulders against the rear cam lobes. .050" clearance is good if you can get it. May have to shave one or two shoulders and recess one or two capscrews.

Jim

Airwreckc · February 03, 2022, 01:51:51 PM

Thanks Jim, good advice.

Airwreckc · February 05, 2022, 08:44:50 AM

I'm getting to tear down my 300. Can anyone suggest a good book (or perhaps Youtube) that will guide this--and also a good manual on rebuilding it. I've rebuild engines before, just not this particular engine. Thanks.

mgb260 · February 05, 2022, 11:11:23 AM

It isn't much different except the oiling mods and tighter clearances .Do a search here and on V8Buick for more information.

Airwreckc · February 05, 2022, 02:02:12 PM

Jim, thanks for the direction.

minorv8 · February 07, 2022, 01:34:47 AM

I have a crank with 91,.5 mm stroke and have later 5.95" SBC rods (for 2,100" journal). I am using special inserts to suit that rod bore and 2,000" journal. That combination clears the cam but did not rotate inside the block. I think I had to grind clearance at 2 locations. The issue was with the cap head bolts and I think I also machined a small chamfer at the head of the rod bolts. I did not like grinding the block at oil gallery that much.

Airwreckc · February 07, 2022, 07:58:51 AM

Thanks Jukka, I assume I will also have to chamfer a few of the bolts, as well.

Airwreckc · February 07, 2022, 08:04:41 AM

Can someone look at the UEM piston link tthat was previously posted? I checked yesterday and, unless I'm mistaken, they have eliminated the option of searching by bore size and other criteria--making it mush less useful than a few days ago

MGBV8 · February 07, 2022, 09:14:05 AM

They have definitely been working on the website. Webmasters seem to think they have to update & modify site just to make them fresh. Doesn't always make them better.

Select a piston brand from Product Lines. Scroll down & use the Filters column on the left to select Bore Diameter. Not quite as handy or useful as it was, though.

Glad they kept the calculators.

Airwreckc · February 07, 2022, 09:45:01 AM

Thanks Carl, wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something. What was a five minute search will now take a lot longer. Oh well.

mgb260 · February 07, 2022, 10:53:16 AM

Jukka, Did your rods have 7/16" bolts? That will add to the width over the 3/8".

minorv8 · February 07, 2022, 11:10:26 AM

Yes, 7/16" bolts. But since my rod bid end width had to be a touch over 0.76" it did not matter whether they are 3/8" or 7/16".

The crank is a weird stroker item for TVR500 i.e. 5.0 litre version.

mgb260 · November 24, 2023, 02:31:22 AM

New forged pistons available for the Buick 300 V8:

https://dssracing.com/collections/buick