buick straight 8 split manifold???

im buying a 53 buick with a straight 8 and would love to put a pair of smittys on her,,,i know nothing about straight 8s, and was wondering if there is a split manifold or headers available for this, or do i need to go the homemade route?..anyone ever split their own manifold,,,how'd you do it????

 

headers are going to be scarce....if you,re not going to build a tire smoker, the split manifold will be ok. go to the junk yard and find a suitable flange, use a hole saw to cut a hole in your manifold and weld the flange on using cast iron rods. determine where you want it split and cut a gap almost through the manifold and weld in a divider plate.[about 1/4 thick] the coolest buick i ever heard was split 5 and 3....killer sound.

 

Buy an 2x2 Edmunds intake and build a header. It's not that difficult to make the flanges, very basic layout.

 

Just for fun,,,,,
Old Buick 8 stuff from the HAMB.
http://woodgraining.com/HAMB/
Jdee

 

Here's a shop that can split your manifold.

 

I'm all for going the Kustom route but Buick made a dual Carb Intake that would look bad*** and a split exhaust manifold. I see them on eBay every now and again.

Mike

Here's the dual carb intake manifold:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4546083573&category=34202

 

I've seen Mike Yoder's work up close, you'ld have to look hard to find anyone better for what he charges.

*****6

 

The 320ci Roadmaster stuff will not fit on the smaller 248/263 stuff. It's like big block/small block S-8s and not too many parts will swap over.

Scotch~!

 

For my 53 I have a Dual intake manifold from a 41 and a pair of split exhause manifolds. They were stock equipment of buicks for a long time pre-WWII.