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Correct Metallic
Grey Exterior
Grey Interior
Buick Straight 8 Engine
3-Speed Manual
Runs and Drives Very Well
Clean and Ready to Use
$34,500 |
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The Buick Straight-8 engine (Fireball 8) was produced
from 1931 to 1953 and sold in Buick automobiles. Like many American
automobile makers, Buick adopted the straight-8 engine in 1931 as a more
powerful alternative to the previous inline-6 engines. However, unlike
most other car makers at the time, Buick had been using a valve-in-head
OHV overhead valve design or I-head since its inception and continued
this practice in their inline-8 designs. The engine was sold in
different displacements depending on the model of car and the year and
was constructed upon two distinct ( possibly more ) block castings. The
smaller displacement versions internally resembled the inline Chevrolet
straight six, with additional cylinders. The large block version (used
in large chassis models such as the Roadmaster) was considerably heavier
and this weight adversely affected vehicle performance and handling. As
with other General Motors products the engines used cast-in-place
bearings that were then machined, which made engine rebuilding an
expensive procedure. The last year for Buick's straight-8 was 1953, a
year in which the 263ci coexisted with its successor, the new V8 322ci
Nailhead in the same basic chassis. Only in 1955 would the new engine be
used in an appropriately modern vehicle.
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