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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #150 on: February 03, 2010, 06:54:21 PM »
I've been wondering what was up with you guys.  Looking forward to the rebuild, and wishing you much success.  Did the crank clean up okay, or did you have to source another one?

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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #151 on: February 04, 2010, 08:40:22 AM »
MM, the crank was ok but if we needed another one, we have a spare engine I bought some time ago.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #152 on: February 05, 2010, 10:28:18 AM »
I don't know if I'm on the rite track with the problem your having with the throttle bodies, but if it is that you can't control the throttle actuation well enough due to the large area of the throttle bodies then what you can do to help with this problem is make a cammed throttle linkage. This allows much smaller throttle increments to be feed in by your foot instead of uncontrollable throttle activation.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #153 on: February 05, 2010, 02:20:45 PM »
Yes, we have talked about that solution to our problem.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #154 on: March 09, 2010, 12:54:18 PM »
We started the engine assembly yesterday, got the short block alltogether.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #155 on: March 09, 2010, 12:55:31 PM »
More photos. The third photo is the patch we made to cover the hole where the rod went through last summer.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #156 on: March 09, 2010, 01:43:00 PM »
Good luck with that rebuild Gary!!  Looking forward to seeing you on the salt...Barney says hi!   :-D

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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #157 on: March 09, 2010, 06:23:46 PM »
This is great news, and great pics.  Man, oh man - that is one L O N G crank.  What are you using for a vibration damper on the front?

Best of luck, Gary.

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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #158 on: March 10, 2010, 09:38:37 AM »
MM, we are using the ATI Super Damper. They don't make one to fit the straight 8 Buick, so we bought a shell only and had a hub machined to fit.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #159 on: March 12, 2010, 01:16:56 AM »
By the way ATI will machine a hub for you at a reasonable price.  Just give them a drawing of what you want.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #160 on: March 15, 2010, 02:17:58 PM »
Mike came out this AM, we installed the oil pump, pan, bellhousing, flywheel, clutch and head and he took it home. Probably next week we will put the engine in the car and finish assemblying everything. He ordered an Enderle bug catcher to put on top of the 6-71 blower.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #161 on: March 23, 2010, 05:58:06 PM »
Yesterday we put the engine in the Buick and started hooking everything up. Today we did some more and are real close to starting it up.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #162 on: March 28, 2010, 05:10:06 PM »
We got the Buick started today. Started right up after we rapped on the electric fuel pump, it had been sitting for a year. Sounds great, we have a few things to do before we go to the dyno.
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #163 on: March 28, 2010, 05:57:04 PM »
Excellent news, guys.  :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: EFI straight eight Buick
« Reply #164 on: March 29, 2010, 09:00:31 AM »
The Enderle Bug Catcher is working real good, it will be a lot easier to drive than it was with the two rectanglular butterflys in the old injector housing.
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