Why the Chevy V6 when the buick is shorter, lighter, cheaper?

[Bret Ludwig]

Why are several people flying the chevy V6/90 when it looks like the
V6 Buick is a much more available engine and lighter and shorter? Not
that the Chevy is bad.....but it just loks like the Buick is more
attractive.

[stol]

1- There is ALOT more aftermarket speed parts available for the Chevy
then the Buick, unless your name is Menard. <G>
2- The Chevy is a more compact package then the Buick, fits in more
cowlings...
3- BeltedAir makes a nice redrive for the Chevy, I don't know if
anyone has one for a Buick V-6.
4- If you built up a Buick for a plane it would really be your "fathers
buick". <G>

Ben
www.haaspowerair.com


Bret Ludwig wrote:
> Why are several people flying the chevy V6/90 when it looks like the
> V6 Buick is a much more available engine and lighter and shorter? Not
> that the Chevy is bad.....but it just loks like the Buick is more
> attractive.

[Bret Ludwig]

stol wrote:
> 1- There is ALOT more aftermarket speed parts available for the Chevy
> then the Buick, unless your name is Menard. <G>
> 2- The Chevy is a more compact package then the Buick, fits in more
> cowlings...
> 3- BeltedAir makes a nice redrive for the Chevy, I don't know if
> anyone has one for a Buick V-6.
> 4- If you built up a Buick for a plane it would really be your "fathers
> buick". <G>


I haven't followed the market recently but there used to be a LOT of
V6 Buick stuff. Smokey Yunick was the big V6 Buick guy.

The Buick is shorter, is it any wider?

The old "father's Buick" was a reliable old beast and I have many fond
memories of the old ones. I never owned one but I did have a Chevy
pickup with a 455 Buick engine. I got it cheap because "it never ran
right". The fuel filters were plugged, and I finally figured out the
tank had some weird growths and it had plugged everything up. My fix? I
converted the truck to propane. That was in the late eighties. It's
still running and still on propane but the next owner pulled the Buick
when it needed a valve job and put in a talldeck 427 Chevy truck engine.

[WestCDA]

The 90 degree Buick V6 was a 6 cylinder iron block version of the 215 cu.
in. aluminum V8. As such, it had extended block skirts that were necessary
for strength in the aluminum castings but just extra weight in the iron. I
don't have the actual numbers for either it or the Chevy, but the Buick was
a fairly heavy engine in it's original form. It may have been trimmed down
over the years.

"Bret Ludwig" > wrote in message
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>
> stol wrote:
>> 1- There is ALOT more aftermarket speed parts available for the Chevy
>> then the Buick, unless your name is Menard. <G>
>> 2- The Chevy is a more compact package then the Buick, fits in more
>> cowlings...
>> 3- BeltedAir makes a nice redrive for the Chevy, I don't know if
>> anyone has one for a Buick V-6.
>> 4- If you built up a Buick for a plane it would really be your "fathers
>> buick". <G>
>
>
> I haven't followed the market recently but there used to be a LOT of
> V6 Buick stuff. Smokey Yunick was the big V6 Buick guy.
>
> The Buick is shorter, is it any wider?
>
> The old "father's Buick" was a reliable old beast and I have many fond
> memories of the old ones. I never owned one but I did have a Chevy
> pickup with a 455 Buick engine. I got it cheap because "it never ran
> right". The fuel filters were plugged, and I finally figured out the
> tank had some weird growths and it had plugged everything up. My fix? I
> converted the truck to propane. That was in the late eighties. It's
> still running and still on propane but the next owner pulled the Buick
> when it needed a valve job and put in a talldeck 427 Chevy truck engine.
>