1955 Engine Rebuild

[KAD36]

Car originally did not have gaskets from factory.  They were added many years ago to fix a minor leak after the first replaced head work was done and installed with minimal torque, want to say like  5-8 ft lbs it stayed sealed for 20 years, no cracks or other issues.  I think if you don’t crank it down it will be fine if you choose to use them.

 

Ran the “new to me manifolds” on recent rebuild  down a belt sander to flatten it but it was a little “gappy” hence why I put the gaskets back on.

 

Have observed both sides of the gasket argument. Mine are those fiber type not metal. Also a skim coat of high temp sealer has been known to work on metal to metal.

 

Regarding advice,  look on the Buick forum for those of us who begin where others quit and persevere to get those camshaft specs right.  Whoops. 

 

[Beemon]

16 minutes ago, KAD36 said:

Regarding advice,  look on the Buick forum for those of us who begin where others quit and persevere to get those camshaft specs right.  Whoops.

 

Since you brought it up, I dropped my cam specs in the Nailhead Facebook group a while back and they admitted that all 264/322 cam grinds are the stock 56 Dynaflow 322 camshaft. Could have saved you some time if they told you what it was when you bought it, but then people would know it would be pseudo false advertisement. Just like piston domes not being correct, then later replying with "lower compression is better for using modern pump gas." Okay, we understand that, but that's not what we wanted...

Edited December 5, 2017 by Beemon (see edit history)

[KAD36]

Yes sir.

 

Thank you again for posting the profile of your cam.  Got the fuzz off it. 

 

Incidentally that blended cam answer you got being representative of a 56 is likely suspect.  Based on conversations my hunch is the Lobe Separation Angle of those blended cams is 114 for a nice smooth idle vs the 111/112 LSA on a factory 56 cam that gave a hint of a lopey idle. 

Edited December 5, 2017 by KAD36 (see edit history)

[old-tank]

13 hours ago, KAD36 said:

Regarding advice,  look on the Buick forum for those of us who begin where others quit and persevere to get those camshaft specs right.  Whoops.

(Advice from parts vendors is always tainted.)

[old-tank]

13 hours ago, Beemon said:

Since you brought it up, I dropped my cam specs in the Nailhead Facebook group

Where?

[Beemon]

2 hours ago, old-tank said:

Where?

Do you mean where is the nailhead Facebook group or where did I post it specifically? It was posted back in September, I can find it for you but it's the same tech sheet I posted on the forums. 

[KAD36]

I think so this is it:

 

BEEMON 1956 Cam Card 

Edited December 5, 2017 by KAD36 (see edit history)

[old-tank]

Ok, got it.  I thought there was something I was missing buried deep in facebook.

[Beemon]

I think you'd enjoy the Facebook group Willie, you'd probably shake your head a lot.

[old-tank]

5 hours ago, Beemon said:

I think you'd enjoy the Facebook group Willie, you'd probably shake your head a lot.

I have been there and the head shaking is causing some rattles and clunks.