Recent content by Sure Shot

I have a 2-Barrel intake for sale, if you're interested. Team~Buick

Sludge tray missing. Shipping to be determined at point of sale.

Pistons showed up in the mail, and I handed them off to the machine shop. Silv-O-Lite .030 over

Finally ready to paint the front end frame, and move my way back.

Pulled the fenders off for some hardcore maintenance and prepping. The machine shop will give me an overbore number today, likely .030 over. I'll need a new camshaft, as well. I'll likely just let the machinist choose the camshaft, but I was curious as to which camshaft you guys might choose...

A bit of bad news from the shop. A few cracks found in the heads, that will need to be repaired. Glad I took her in.:thumbsup:

A new For Sale listing has been posted by Sure Shot: 1966 Buick 300 2 Barrel Intake Manifold The description for this listing is: -------------------------------------------------------------- Sludge tray on bottom side missing. Top side was sandblasted and painted. Located in Victor, Ca...

A new For Sale listing has been posted by Sure Shot: 1966 Buick 300 2 Barrel Intake Manifold The description for this listing is: -------------------------------------------------------------- Sludge tray on bottom side missing. Top side was sandblasted and painted. Located in Victor, Ca...

OK, talked to machine shop. He recommends going with the lower compression pistons @ .030 overbore to clean up the cylinder walls. Looks like NOS won't work unless I have her resleeved for about a $1000 more.

Good to know. After the rebuild, a thick head gasket will give me a little leeway in octane and a bit lower compression. Thanks I'm gonna see what the machinist thinks about just replacing the two pistons with NOS, or buying 8 NOS. That website had 22 in stock, amazing! Thank you.

Perfect! Thanks! Egge Piston Set

Right. TA seems to be the best bet for what I want, which is to restore it as close to stock as I can. There are valve marks on two of the pistons, and a nice wear ridge on the cylinder wall. Machinist says we should get new pistons, so I was trying to put together a list of options to go over...

Thanks. I see the TA pistons, but they don't list the compression ratio for the 300/340. In fact, they don't have much details listed http://taperformance.com/products.asp?cat=196 Rockauto.com has some low compression pistons listed, with all dimensions, for 2bbl builds...

Pulled out the engine, tore it down, and dropped the block off at the machine shop. I'm going to have it rebuilt back to specs, hopefully. Does anyone know a good source for the pistons I will need for a high compression 340?

Nevermind I ended up finding some scoops on Ebay, WooHoo! Now, I can work on casting some (California) emblems.