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I've been around Hot Rods and racing my entire life. My grandfather, Ollie Morris, was head engineer for Offenhauser from 1954 to 1986. Almost every intake manifold that Offy has was designed by him. Because of his work, I grew up surrounded by high performance cars, hot rods, race cars, etc. I bleed motor oil.. If I can't answer your question, I'm sure my Grandfather can. I loook forward to chatting and throwing my 2 cent in on the board.

Welcome dmarv I am sure u have a real wealth of knowledge. There are so many things to know.

Welcome from an ex-Visalia guy.

Been to the A&W rod runs in Visalia?

You may have seen my black 32 roadster with Buick engine and black top.

Originally posted by Ives Bradley
Welcome dmarv I am sure u have a real wealth of knowledge. There are so many things to know.

I don't claim to know much, but I appreciate the compliment!

hey welcome man, what part of california?

Originally posted by C9x
Welcome from an ex-Visalia guy.

Been to the A&W rod runs in Visalia?

You may have seen my black 32 roadster with Buick engine and black top.

Visalia, that's where I grew up! Went to Whitney. I haven't been to A&W in years. My dad and I used to take our 68 Coronet R/T there. Got busy working and haven't been back. I do remember your car, nice ride!!

Originally posted by mad hooker
hey welcome man, what part of california?

Thanks for the welcome! East of Visalia (half way between Fresno and Bakersfield) just before you get to Sequioa National Park. Exeter is the last town of 198 before you get to the mountains.

Hey Welcome dmarv, great to have another left coaster in the crowd. I'm a bunncha miles North of you in Marysville. Look forward to your input here.

Pat

Originally posted by C9x
Welcome from an ex-Visalia guy.

Been to the A&W rod runs in Visalia?

You may have seen my black 32 roadster with Buick engine and black top.

Now here's a guy that knows what he's doin'... Putting a Buick mill in his '32 roadster!!!

You're one up on me as I have a Chevy big block in my Buick but eventually I want to go all Buick!

Nailheads 4-Ever!!!!

Greg

Welcome aboard. Sounds like grandpa needs to sign up too.

Originally posted by elbuick37
Now here's a guy that knows what he's doin'... Putting a Buick mill in his '32 roadster!!!

You're one up on me as I have a Chevy big block in my Buick but eventually I want to go all Buick!

Nailheads 4-Ever!!!!

Greg

Nailheads are great, hard to get some parts for.

I use the late Buicks - 455 bored to 462" - and they can be tough to get some parts for.

Nice part about the late Buicks is the front distributor, rear pan sump, external oil pump, 510# torque stock with the 10/1 CR engine and if you swap the heavy factory intake manifold for an aluminum one the Buick engine weighs just 15# more than an SBC.
T-400's are the trans they came with.

Got one in my 31 on 32 rails roadster as well.

Welcome to the Forum, you probably have wealth of expertise for comments here. One thing that always fascinated me was the evolution of the Offie-4 in the Indy roadsters based roughly on early designs from the Ford 4-cyls with special heads. Although the Offie-roadster design eventually became obsolete for Indy cars, their performance was far more than most street V8s today. With major mfgrs going back to 4-cyls today the Offie Indy engines look even more interesting, but of course they were expensive beyond what is practical for a street car. I do not have access to dyno data for those early engines, but maybe you do. It would be interesting to compare the later Indy-Offie methanol-fueled engines to the modern Pontiac Ecotec gas fueled engines. By the way, how come we don't seem to hear anything on this Forum from folks who campaign the Ecotec Pontiacs (roughly 600 H.P. Sunfire with blower)? Maybe we are mostly geezers rehashing mid-70s V8s, while the 2005 kids are busy twirling wrenches? Anyway, it seems to me that the Offie 4-cyls of the early '60s are pertinant to modern 4-cyls, but I am just rambling on here.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder