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1. RE: Fuel Saver (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 09:33:00 -0500; Yeah, I remember that. It was an episode of "Gomer Pyle, USMC." /// /// buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net mailing list ///; /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-12/msg00009.html (6,742 bytes)
2. Automatic Trans of Choice (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 16:09:00 -0500; The little air-cooled GM automatic from the Skylark is *small* and very light. Only two gears and no overdrive, but if space is tight it'd be worth considering, and of course it bolts right up. ///; /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-08/msg00007.html (7,005 bytes)
3. Primed oil system but should this happen? (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 06:42:00 -0500; Yeah, the "flaming drill of Death" syndrome. 1/4" and light-duty 3/8" drills really aren't designed for full load for more than a few seconds. You can prime in short bursts until the drill gets hot;; /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-07/msg00000.html (7,303 bytes)
4. vacuum or mechanical? (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 06:53:00 -0500; The purpose of vacuum advance is to improve mileage at cruise. Hot rods with enormous lumpy camshafts have little vacuum to start with, so lots of hot rod distributors dispense with the useless vacu; /html/buick-rover-v8/2001-04/msg00004.html (6,988 bytes)
5. V8 oil viscosity (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 05:32:00 -0500; Use whatever gives you at least 15-20 PSI at hot idle - that is, as hot as the car is likely to get, sitting in summer traffic or at the track. That's the lowest pressure the engine will ever see. T; /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-09/msg00036.html (8,206 bytes)
6. Re: Strokers, etc. (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:28:00 -0500; John De Armond of the old hotrod list reminesced several times about a workmate of his who had a daily-driver Corvair with a rear-mounted 396 big block. He said it had a wheelie problem...; /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-08/msg00050.html (8,254 bytes)
7. Re: oil (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 10:41:00 -0500; The copy I have is dated 1992. Nothing's stopping you from collecting all new data, of course.; /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-02/msg00074.html (6,621 bytes)
8. Spit-V8 Questions (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 09:59:00 -0500; I did this swap with a 400 Chevy and Powerglide. I notched and reinforced the frame rails. I also notched the firewall on the sides to slide the engine back several more inches. It was a little extr; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-11/msg00024.html (8,278 bytes)
9. What's a T-5 worth? (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 18:49:00 -0500; Local (Arkansas) price is closer to $750. My brother was getting similar quotes in north Florida; he was practically dancing with joy when he found one for only $500. Then he found out why - it came; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-11/msg00044.html (8,695 bytes)
10. Re: What's a T-5 worth? (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 11:05:00 -0500; The tailhousing and top plate are a matched pair. You can unbolt them and slide them onto any other T5 of the same type (basically, any except the very earliest ones) and with the same tailshaft len; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-11/msg00050.html (8,451 bytes)
11. Mystery Transmission (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 11:05:00 -0500; I don't know about a Box-with-a-capital-B, but your description sounds like a Borg/Warner T-50. The T-50 was designed for the Wankel Vega. When the GMRE was canceled the transmission carried forward; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-07/msg00032.html (7,359 bytes)
12. RE: The Great Gas Out (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 15:03:00 -0500; Energy hogs? Not necessarily. It's just that our legislooters are afraid they'll be lynched if they jack the tax from ~55cents per gallon to several dollars.; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-04/msg00008.html (6,949 bytes)
13. New Rear End (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:17:00 -0500; The transmission is the problem, right? I did a small block Chevy and automatic in a Spitfire many years ago; the frame rails pinch in to hug the original little breadloaf box. Snag the rear out of; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-04/msg00019.html (7,808 bytes)
14. Re: Greg/Micke/350 vs. 300 crank, etc. (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:53:00 -0500; Yes?; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-03/msg00023.html (6,843 bytes)
15. Re: Buick - BMW? (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:43:00 -0500; I hadn't heard it until this thread, but having seen each, I don't see any similarity between them other than being of V8 configuration.; /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-02/msg00071.html (7,377 bytes)
16. Transmission (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:24:00 -0500; I can't help you with the trans, but I've done a Spitfire swap before. The stock Spit trans is very small and the cardboard cover over it is too small even for most manual boxes. When I put a 400 Ch; /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-10/msg00064.html (8,088 bytes)
17. Re[7]: Performance Questions (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 18:05:00 -0500; You might want to check around some more, perhaps out of your area, as the blocks are light enough to ship UPS. Going rate around here is $50 per hole for singles, usually a discount for multiples.; /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-09/msg00029.html (9,590 bytes)
18. 3500cc v8 (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 09:01:00 -0500; Let's see... 1995 - 1963 = 32 years... wow! Even Intel doesn't start selling "preproduction prototypes" that early!; /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-09/msg00068.html (6,734 bytes)
19. Re: Re[7]: Performance Questions (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 11:58:00 -0500; You already asked me this question by email, and I already replied.; /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-09/msg00069.html (8,003 bytes)

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