- Straight Eight Engine Specifications
- Straight Eight Casting Numbers
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- 263 Head X-Sections
- Straight Eight Intake Manifold X-Sections
- 263, 2X2 Engine Mount Modification
- Compound Carburetion
- Buick Compound Carburetion
- Buick Fuel and Vacuum Pump
- Straight 8 speed secrets of Don Montgomery
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- T5 Install on the '50 263
- Straight 8 sets two new Bonneville Records
- Building a High Performance Straight Eight
- Buick Straight Eight Lifter Adjustment
- Straight Eight Oil Supply Update
- Dual Points in a Buick Straight 8 Distributor
38 Special Model 41
- Thread starter Dbull
- Start date
According to our "Identification by the numbers", CLICK HERE
It is a 1938 40 series engine, and that should be a 248.
It is a 1938 40 series engine, and that should be a 248.
The 1938 Shop Manual shows the rocker arm cover to have 3 studs for attachment. The 1939 manual shows 2 studs. A page in the '39 manual details how the change was made midway through the '38 model year (see attached).
The Buick Master Parts book shows the change occurred at engine no 3525209. So your engine number (less the 4- series prefix digit) would have been built with 2 studs and a 2-hole cover.
The Buick Master Parts book shows the change occurred at engine no 3525209. So your engine number (less the 4- series prefix digit) would have been built with 2 studs and a 2-hole cover.
