Buick engine gets fitted for custom exhaust manifold | Redline Update #61

Our Buick Straight 8 engine is getting closer and closer to completion! Davin works on fitting a custom exhaust manifold that needs to delicately fit between the aftermarket intake manifold that we've been asked to incorporate into the build.
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[@averagecarguy420]

Redline rebuilds engine time lapses are my favorite car related videos on the entire internet. I’ve probably rewatched each about 5 times by now.

[@yeahitskimmel]

After that episode of Engine Masters I wouldn't worry about that tiny dent in the headers

[@ricardopino4857]

Header bash on mt channel

[@HaythamBuKhadra]

+3 hp

[@smokeytimberz4894]

Beatin up those hookers 🤣

[@joshuagathright670]

Glad I'm not the only one that was going to post that lol.

[@rpmunlimited397]

Do not sweet the dings, almost invisible when assembled and zero effect on performance

[@oikkuoek]

When creating a dent onto a thin wall pipe, here's how: Mark the dent. The circumference, and the lowest spot. Then lay the pipe onto a sand bag, and use a hardened rounded dye and at least 2 Lb hammer. If your press has impact feature, use that. This creates directed shock impact which reduces the deviation of the overall pipe, it won't make the pipe oval. When pushed with soft material, against soft material, the press force spreads more evenly, and thus ovals the whole pipe. Also those brake drum/hubs could benefit from balancing. They are the heaviest rotating mass.

[@flynnbaird5684]

Whenever he said "we have clearance" I kept thinking about that scene from Airplane "we have clearance, Clarance" "roger that, rodger"

[@brandongreene3213]

Whats your vector, victor

[@MrTheHillfolk]

@@brandongreene3213 Stewardess,I speak jive.

[@joecook3223]

Over over

[@bradfordrick1]

"We can go tubin' down the river now." Uncounted KZbin channels show us automotive rebuilds. We come here for Davin.

[@MaShcode]

The art of making it fit. Sometimes it takes a little coercing

[@PRRGG1]

This is the best series on this channel.

[@davebutler2776]

perfect time to change those wheels on the truck get rid of the mart wheels go to steele's and hubcaps please

[@clintonflynn815]

We have clearance, Clarence. Once it's up and running that header ding won't matter one iota,

[@firefighteruppy9121]

What's your vector Victor?

[@MrTexasDan]

@Furio ... and don't call me Shirley.

[@antonfloor344]

Okey roger that, Roger

[@shuttledriver]

Dude, been watching your videos for a while now, all awesome. I agree with previous comment, you're either getting sick or just worn out, you look very tired my friend. Be careful. Love what you do.

[@N-Scale]

Davin , Get some rest buddy !!!!! We will still be here. Wish I could help you in some way. Mike Fifer

[@iamakactus2588]

Favorite ongoing project, love to tune in to these.

[@demonic4774]

just in case any of you are having a fit about denting the headers and air flow check out hotrod magazines video on denting headers and what effect it has or the lack of effect from smashing the header tubes . they found short of totally mashing the tube flat it has no effect on flow at all .

[@crazeguy26]

hot rod where's the the aricle

[@bryanduggan]

@@crazeguy26 It was an Engine Masters episode 4. It might be still on KZbin but they have everything behind a pay wall on their app MTOD

[@dondesnoo1771]

Not going to matter on that fancy shmancy boat anchor 😀

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Engine Masters never addressed what happens once the cross-sectional area is reduced. They got away with it because the exhaust they used could flow more then the heads.

[@LubomirFotev]

Davin is the coolest guy ever. He looks like someone who knows everything

[@gregscott3114]

Loving the video series on all the builds , great to see an old pickup or ute as we call em down in Oz doing what it was meant to do hauling stuff !! Nice gentle massaging with the FBH on the header tube , looking forward to seeing and hearing the straight 8.

[@docholiday41colt3]

I just have to say I just love these videos, and your one hell of a guy an the the love for cars trucks will never go away, thank you for all the awesome work on your videos 󾓦

[@isalmankhan1]

Thanks for sharing Davin👍

[@brianbob7514]

that manifold is beautiful

[@flyonbyya]

Davin ROCKS !

[@chrisgriteman3116]

I like the bed of that truck it looks real sharp.

[@carbo2950]

What a great job. Love the new garage.

[@RoadToTheCup]

I love your Redline Rebuild videos, keep up the great work.

[@easyricer]

Sometimes, ya just gotta do with what you have and make it fit. I had to do that for many years in the motorcycle business and on my own cars and trucks. Strategic dents in headers and pipes are common across the entire industry... Can you simply order a different set? In most cases yes, but you will raise the cost and billable time for your customer, so rarely the route to take. Great job Davin, keep it up!

[@dingleberrytreat]

You're a legend! Love watching your videos.

[@MrBigdaddy1021]

If this guy wrote a book of everything he knew about engines, I would spend every last cent to buy a copy

[@ellieprice3396]

What an interesting channel. Davin having lots of fun doing the work while teaching hundreds of YT students. Can't wait to see that big fireball eight running with the new double intake and headers. It should produce considerable more HP. Keep them good projects coming.

[@CrazyPetez]

The Buick is your most interesting project. The ole BFH comes to the rescue👍.

[@isaakwelch3451]

Buicks always are the most interesting, especially the old ones

[@CrazyPetez]

@@isaakwelch3451 In the early 50s, in hilly San Francisco, we used to say Buicks had rope drive. The dynaflow back then didn’t start in low, but in drive. You could hear those straight 8s rev, and the cars would slowly accelerate as if a rope,was being twisted until the car finally moved. Starting in Low required,moving the stubby shift lever,to the L position. I remember riding in the back seat of a Roadmaster with my friend to St. Helena. His mom would always shift to L at a standing start. “Saves gas”, she’d say.

[@digitalrailroader]

That wide shot at 5:15 makes me smile; those Coats machines are made about an hour’s drive away from where I live! And if those tire changers are a 70-X series, I get to play with them on a daily basis at work!

[@georgegrierson]

Davin, you look kinda pooped. Hope you're not spending too much time in that beautiful shop of yours.

[@Caz885]

Davin looks very often sleepy

[@CanadaBud23]

Love the white wheels on the truck. Gives it a nice utilitarian look. I kinda want them on my XJ now lol.

[@NovaResource]

The original engine in my ‘76 Nova was a 250 straight 6. Before building a 327 for it, I built the 250. First was replacing the integrated cylinder head (intake cast into the head) with a 1965 230 head, an Offenhauser 4-bbl aluminum intake and Hooker headers (dual 3-into-1 headers). I had the exact same clearance issues on the exact same header tubes. Oh the memories (or was it nightmares). 👍🏻

[@RSRevivals]

Thank you.👍🏻🍻

[@neilscoins9148]

The headers is going to be to HOT for that intake manifold need to be Ceramic Coated!!

[@daveevans7438]

Was thinking the exact same thing.... Would like to see that as part of the process.

[@yeahitskimmel]

The 4 different rim sizes blew my mind guys were getting that in depth back then. Getting their differential from the tires is pretty slick too

[@MaShcode]

Had a friend years ago who's dad was Mario Andretti's tire guy. There's definitely an art to it even down to sculpting the rubber for the various tracks, angles, and weather conditions. Up to 36 sets of tires per car at Indy for practice and race day. Crazy.

[@ellieprice3396]

As long as you're always turning left that small left, tall right stagger should work fine.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

@@MaShcode Pops used to race flat track on motorcycles. They were always repurposing street tires for the track by cutting grooves and/or removing rubber on one side for a particular reason to suit the track and get the grip they wanted.

[@ron5118]

Cool stuff. Thanks

[@danielscott6787]

Clearance Clarence!!

[@5tr41ghtGuy]

Looking forward to hearing this engine run with dual carbs and proper headers!

[@jeffjankiewicz5100]

If I had a shop like that, my truck would be done. BTW, those little dings in the exhaust manifold won`t hurt performance. David Freiberger beat the hell out of a set of headers, no power loss. Dyno proven...Engine Masters episode 4.

[@specwill1]

Love that old race car 🏎

[@davidbarnsley8486]

You can only do so much in a day and there is always tomorrow 😍😍👍👍

[@ronlynch7744]

Great mods!

[@bigdon2241]

very good work davin

[@hydroy1]

Modifying headers to fit can take 3 or 4 times longer then expected ( been there ) Glade to see good clearance at all points needed and hope the headers can be routed away from starter as heat from headers can cook a starter in very short order. If room allows, wrap the tubes with hi heat header wrap to keep under hood temps down . Very interested in the Buick Convt .

[@retiredafce3373]

I love that Chevy pickup! Great episode!

[@adampatterson707]

This straight 8 build is my favorite build of the year. Any of the OHV V-8 builds have been done over and over to the point that there just isn't a cool factor in them anymore.

[@jenningsdsmithii4727]

Dammit brother...lol....your killing me with the straight 8...finish it already...I want to hear it run...

[@King_Gtasa]

Beautifull engine,that should be hard to fix but is a rare engine

[@efraadilarik5798]

Good job sir

[@eddiebyrne3470]

Wow busy sounds like with projects

[@WireWeHere]

...tap tap on box...induce a little oversteer... the fun stuff.

[@klaasbloem]

Hi Davin, long time viewer here, love your video's, the other Hagerty uploads not so much. Wish you had your own channel!

[@RANDOMNATION907]

All those tools and machines, but no tire machine. I find that humorous for some reason.

[@Hanzyscure]

Liability insurance isn't funny.

[@kennethconnors5316]

you have a great shop

[@cbrown17982010]

“Clarence we have clearance” 😉

[@kalataimaksim]

Моя мечта работать в такой мастерской! Замечательная работа!

[@hillarylevenworth8824]

Been "adjusting" headers with a small ballpein hammer for 60 years. Never lost any power either!

[@fm9572]

David, did you know Holley makes a throttle body injector that resembles and fits the Stromberg 194 pattern, and can run in multiple TBI setups? You should look into them sending you a it for a shameless plug that I would grab the popcorn and watch and take notes. Thank you.

[@markbremmer8642]

You're comment on turning sounds more like a twin axle semi. The rear most set of tandems, will scrub around the corner when making a tight turn creating abnormal wear on the tires. Same thing goes for tandem axle trailers and, spread axle trailers.

[@69VFVAL]

Love your channel. I wait for every new episode. Love the truck.Them white rims need to go.

[@ChristopherHayniedd980]

There's that word again. "Relitive!"

[@nethanelmasters5170]

Had to space one of my headers only i heated it up and used a piece of 2" pipe on a 6 ton press heating it made for a smooth displacement then i sent them out and had them ceramic coated. It looks factory.

[@dbepic6996]

DUDE I NEEED TO HEAR THIS THING ITS BEEN MONTHS

[@tacobob4664]

You should look into vapor honing especially for aluminum. It looks a lot better than sand blasting. It's more of a OE look.

[@Tsizzle2]

The first thing that struck me was that I'm looking at a huge shop that's spotless, full of i don't know how many tool boxes and a bunch of high end equip and there's no one around and only a couple rigs in the shop.

[@k.kristianjonsson4814]

I hope we will be able to listen to the Buick Straight 8 with these new headers. And don't bother with mufflers!

[@drdennynasirnspog]

Wow...

[@74beeper97]

All these engine builds and modifications you do are awesome, but what we want to see are engine dyno results on this stuff

[@mattwiltfong2626]

Please get some period correct wheels for the shop truck.

[@nedlend6611]

Серьёзные ребята!

[@canadianrust2652]

Dented up headers can actually make more power. I seen it on a episode of engine masters where they dyno the results i was really surprised.

[@gss7271]

If you are always running ovals, one front toe is constantly pushing out against a diving, centrifugal force, it makes sense to beef it up. The rim behind it is always pushing into a slide, to drift the curves, beef it up too. Do I win a hat?

[@denniscastle936]

Did you consider spacing the intake further out rather than grinding/denting the pipes?

[@henriquechaves5959]

Boa tarde. Sou o brasil. Acompanho seus video. São muito bons.

[@deborahchesser7375]

That intake is beautiful

[@robertinscoe2379]

Sure hope you are going to heat wrap those header tubes. That close to the intake it would make a big difference. Looking forward to hearing this engine up and running.👍👍

[@georgeparker7409]

Hi, just a thought. Why not set up some sort of a charity raffle for those "old" slicks. They would be a great addition to some ones man cave as well as raising money for say the west coast fire damages. Just a wild idea.

[@nicholasgromak7627]

Davin is quite the relative guy, ya know. 👍

[@donroy53]

I'm not sure about the width and reverse of the rims, the 'Taylor Made wheels" where all the same size on my 68 Camaro Street Stock #59 that I ran at Ascot Park , Corona Raceway and Orange Show Fair Grounds in So Cal in the late 80's, tire stagger is extremely important, this is how it was explained to me, the tires have numbers on them that indicate which mold they came out of, you want all of your tires to come out of the same mold, then after mounting and balancing them you inflate all 4 of them to 100 PSI (yes, that's correct), then measure the circumference of them, in the middle of the tire, unbelievably they can vary by as much as 3-5 inches, then they are installed at race pressure in this position RF-RR-LF-LR, tallest one to shortest one, it does make a big difference, a good ol' boy gave me this advice one night at Ascot Park, I honor him by passing it on

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

Actually its 1:45 AM just getting in from the shop time for a bite, bath and a nap Central California watching

[@davebarron5939]

You know how you eat an Elephant? "One bite at a time".

[@jamesdiehl8690]

The old saying; "Hard is no problem, the difficult we can do, the ridiculous just takes a little longer".

[@Trapper50cal]

May I suggest, for the pickup, period correct steelies w/ dogdish hubcaps? Those white steel Superior faux "modulars" look a little janky.

[@KirbyPuckett91]

@Davin, How's the heat transfer on that or is it not a big deal on a straight 8?

[@maldo72]

I am confused I understand this is a Hagerty channel but, do you work with "or" for Hagerty is this your own shop where you are doing cars for yourself or customer cars .. i have always wondered this from a KZbinr perspective thx

[@billyjohnson4011]

I’ve often wondered this myself. I personally would love for Davin to have his own KZbin channel.

[@micksterboone4517]

The ol' pickup looks like a million bucks.

[@davewoodmancy4596]

I would have given almost anything to have a shop with equipment in it that shop does

[@jimclarke1108]

I'd get back to the header manifacturing guys ))

[@boingkster]

10:03 "Hey guys whats crackin', it's your mad man Brian comin' at you up here in sunny Queensland, now lets get to what you've all been waiting for... those hot deals on good old Gaaam-tree."

[@clarencepease]

Hey David there is a place here on lansing mi called Johnson's speed shop down state from you who might have stuff for the 37 ford race car

[@bigredracer7848]

Where did you buy your hydraulic press at I need a bigger one for my shop

[@468delray]

wonder if machine the aluminum intake flanges down will create a weak spot and may crack in time?

[@Shane-Singleton]

I noticed you didn't put studded snows on the old pickup. Are you going to put it away for the winter? I hate to think of how brutal the winters get up there in northern Michigan.

[@snors6689]

We have Clearance Clarence! :)

[@ldnwholesale8552]

R/R usually hangs out the most and is usually the widest. I still say the Buick needs 4 Webers. A couple of 97s is just not enough!

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. Grinding on the intake manifold and ‘gently’ massaging the header were cringe worthy 😬

[@timothyearp631]

wouldn't the reinforced bead go on the inside of the corner? It is there to keep the tire from pealing off isn't it?

[@runswithdogs6892]

Hey Davin, you couldn't find a decent tire for the spare on the Chevy??

[@BigMans88]

Are you going to wrap the intake and exhaust in some sort of heat wrap? Because I'd imagine that intake is going to get heat soaked fast

[@longhairbear]

It's colder outside, how's the heater working in the pick up?

[@kbnguy]

6:06 what is he talking about? Is he driving in circle and banking left turn only?