What Exactly am I looking at? (Inline Motor)

What Exactly am I looking at?... it looks like a Chevy 216 with a few too many intake and exhaust ports?
thanks for the knowledge!
-Chris
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Usless without a picture I'm afraid.

 

It's not like the 216's I had.

 

Damn! you were on that quick!

 

Counting the exposed cylinder walls down the side ... looks to be a straight 8? Were Buicks the only OHV straight 8s?

 

Walk around it and count the spark plugs or spark plug holes.

 

Looks like a 12-port Jimmy (GMC)!?!?

 

does it look like this?

 

I'm wrong! Think Squirrel's got the right one!

 

My first thought was Buick straight 8, but the valve cover has 3 hold-down studs ...

 

Yeah that was my though as well... I've never seen a Buick with that type of valve cover, or that skinny...

These are the only other pics I have....
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There are some differences in the OP's motor and Squirrels, but they look very close. Maybe same family but different year or cid.

The first motor has a different valve cover and is 3 bolt. Also, on the first motor, at the bottom of the exposed cylinders there appears to be a flat plateau-like area running the length of the motor, and squirrels is different (sloped). Squirrels also appears to have more exterior block webbing.

 

It's not a 216 but if that is the rear of the engine we are seeing it could be a straight 8 Buick.

Link to photos of one that has been redone but doesn't have a manifold on it. Looks pretty close. http://forums.aaca.org/f117/1953-263-straight-8-special-engine-267175.html

http://www.buickstreet.com/the-great-race.html Scroll down to the 36 Buick. That engine had the single ribs on the cover and three bolts.

 

Here's a '31 Buick engine ... looks like it has 3 wing nuts on the valve cover.

And the exposed head bolts near the ports seem to match well with the Buick straight 8 that Squirrel posted.

 

I would guess it's an early Buick straight 8. Look for the number....

 

That side cover looks really similar. The oil fill is at the opposite end of the block, though.

 

Looks like we might have a winner... Thanks Mr48chev
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I'll have to check the numbers this weekend to see.
Thanks for all the help!

 

I count 12 ports which makes me believe it's a 6 cylinder.

 

I think ( I might be wrong... I usually am acording to my wife) but I think the buick motors only use 4 ports for the induction... I'm not really sure how that would work... but hey I'm no scientist

 

the buick that squirrel posted has 8 exhaust ports and 4 intake ports.

 

That's what I get for thinkin'

 

It's a Buick

 

Intakes are siamesed, so: E(II)EE(II)EE(II)EE(II)E. Eight exhaust ports, four intake ports.

In fact it's quite hard to find an American straight-eight that doesn't have some sort of siamesed porting.

 

millers didn't

 

No it isn't. It has three soft plugs (freeze plugs), GMC 270-302 engines have 5 freeze plugs.. Chevrolet 216-235 have two.

 

Having had three 12 port GMCs at various times I am here to say "No it dosn't." Every 12 port I ever saw was a cross flow engine. It is a 4 intake port and 8 exhaust standard old common Buick eight.

 

It's for sale is what it is

http://www.pagesgarage.com/

 

Wow, thats pretty random to find.

 

Actually not random at all. Posted here a little bit ago

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=532378

 

id say early buick straight eight probably a 243 , babbit engine