I will do my best to read all the comments as soon as possible. Not easy when working late all the time.

@nickpanaritis4122

2 жыл бұрын

@Car Guy daddyo . When you call the shop, sometimes I do not hear the phone with noises in the garage.

@nickpanaritis4122

2 жыл бұрын

@Brad Hawkins .... No Aussie muscle cars here.

@JoshKetchum

2 жыл бұрын

Your the best Nick, keep it up!

@soundmaster1966

2 жыл бұрын

Keep the good ones. We love what you do, Nick. Stay safe and healthy. 🤗🍀👍

@richarddahmer4474

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick, There yeah go!!! A little more compression, and your there!!! too bad you had to cut the heads, I heat doing that, but it worked! You'll make more cylinder pressure @ 38*, as long as you had the octane in the fuel to handle it! You Did!! Great job!! Gratz... (o;

Showing your small oversight/mistake with the low-end torque numbers is the stuff what makes this channel real instead of a scripted show, love the pure honesty of you and your team Nick!

@NicksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that! We could never lie to you guys.

I had a 1970 Electra 225 stock 360 hp , 2.73 gears , a little slow off the line , but I couldn’t find a straight stretch long enough to find top end . A nice car ! Big enough for the whole family , and if you didn’t have a family you could start one in the back seat !

@samrapheal1828

2 жыл бұрын

Probably could have 'shot' an adult movie in the back seat. (*.^)

@UglyasUbutFaster2

2 ай бұрын

Not a hemi killer,Nick built a bone stock 426 and it made 490hp/490 tq,no headers.

Like there was ever any doubt that Nick would sort this motor out!!!

I was happy to see that Nick finally got the numbers he was looking for on the Buick 455. Milling the heads, and the thinner head gasket made a nice improvement in the HP, and torque numbers. It's too bad that there were no flat top pistons available to use in the engine. 10.5 : 1 compression would have helped the engine even more, but the Buick will be a nice cruiser on the street. George, the background music when Nick finally got the numbers he wanted was spot on, and I got a laugh when I heard it playing. Excellent video, I enjoyed it very much. I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year, and a better 2022.

@NicksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and a very Merry Christmas to you too. 🌲

@BuzzLOLOL

2 жыл бұрын

Surely the Buick Specialists have flat top pistons available... wonder if Nick checked the valve sizes while in there to see if basic or Stage 1 valves... the bigger than stock cam along with still lower compression ratio is reducing the torque peak... just like a hyper tripower GTO engine had lower peak torque than the 4 bbl. version, yet more HP... plus peaks come at higher RPMs... Also, this cam likes to go to 5,000++ RPMs... even more with some basic pocket porting... like 5500 - 6000 RPMs...

@electronicengineer

2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you as well Eugene! I'm still holding my breath for when that awesome yellow Charger 500 gets reassembled into the mean machine it is! I'm so excited over your build Eugene. God Bless. Fred

@meowerstationone3793

2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Eugene! Looking forward to seeing your car complete this year.

@eugenecastles7475

2 жыл бұрын

@@meowerstationone3793 The 500 is very close to being back at Nick's. It is getting some final details at the body shop right now. Merry Christmas to you and your family. I'm looking forward to driving the 500 again, it should be a fun ride.

I like the fact that Nick never gives up where a lot of others engine builders would. Nice work Nick. Have a great Christmas and New Years

@michaelmartinez1345

2 жыл бұрын

Nick and his fellow techs. seem to find and cure most every issue that they come across... This is definitely one of the best instructional channels on automotive troubleshooting and repairs that is on the KZread scene... Great cars too!!! Keep-up the good work Nick and crew!!!

@bigblocklawyer

2 жыл бұрын

Someone who gives up short of excellence is an engine assembler, not an engine builder.

I've always run my compression tests with all the plugs pulled so the starter isn't straining against the compression of the other cylinders and at WOT. My grandpa who owned his own service station from post WWII till 1980 showed me that when I was a kid.

@RELAXAVOUS68

2 жыл бұрын

Correct a mondo.

@nickpanaritis4122

2 жыл бұрын

Your Grandpa was totally correct.

@RELAXAVOUS68

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickpanaritis4122 so very humble of you mate Nick.

@davelowets

11 ай бұрын

All plugs out, freshly charged battery, AND WOT throttle.

If Nick was a Buick dealer tech back in the mid seventies he must remember their infamous collaboration with Opel around that time! I had a beater 74 Opel Manta back in the late eighties that was actually a pretty cool little car. It was no Opel GT (the mini Vette) but it was fun.

@martinmiller7623

2 жыл бұрын

Manta could be made to run it was a hemi.

A friend has a 1972 Opel gt he made into a race car. A 4cyl Pontiac engine and runs extremely hard. He set a record in Ohio 4 years ago with it.

For the 1970 static compression ratings: the initial production run of the SS - block identification the steel head gasket thickness is 0.020. The resulting static compression was 10:5. During the beginning of the 1969 clean air act, the compression was reduced to 9.9 / 10:0. There was issues with engine overheating, head gasket thickness increased to compensate block & cylinder heads straightness for proper sealing. The 1970 Buick camshaft profiles enabled the 510@2800 rpm rating. After market camshafts changed / moved the torque rating.

@ChicagoRob2

4 ай бұрын

Decked and surfaced, and 11.5:1 compression, turned my 462 Buick into a monster.

Nick I watch your show one year now OK dad distributor and I do carburetor. Nobody would’ve found that. If there was somebody number they can find it. You are a scientist combustion engine, scientist, man I love watching your show I learned so much thank you thank you

Nick you nailed the timing on the engine and George you nailed the timing on the music!! Hallelujah!!

Gotta love it when Nick says. Here we go

@NicksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Right on!

I'm a FORD guy through and through. But I love to see the HP capability of all motors, especially the rare ones like this Buick! Love the vids and Happy Holidays to all of you, in the Great White North!

@boostjunkie2320

2 жыл бұрын

Ford, GM, Dodge and other's kicked out some badass big blocks!!

@johnnydanger57

2 жыл бұрын

@@boostjunkie2320 They sure did! I had a couple... 71 huge 460 land yacht Lincoln Continental, 428 CJ in a 69 Mach I, and I built a 429 CJ when I threw a rod out of the 428 CJ...lol

@boostjunkie2320

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnydanger57 I was raised on GM but I would build any big block from the 60s. All I've had is tuner cars so far a few turbo Supras but I'm looking for my first muscle project and I can't wait to dig in

@johnnydanger57

2 жыл бұрын

@@boostjunkie2320 Go for it!

Pure entertainment! Well done! So much fun watching a true engine man at work. This is the thinking man’s channel. No glitz and glitter, nothing extraneous to what is needed to make the best out of a stock engine. Smokey would be proud of you Nick! 😉

When I was young guy, I lived in Flint Michigan and learned Quadrajet tuning. The power piston needles on the Qjet had different tapers available. If the engine came with an EGR valve, the Qjet would have leaner part throttle needles. If you blocked off the EGR, you would get spark knock from a lean mixture, changing the needles would fix the problem. You didn’t need to change the main jets, only the power piston needles. It’s possible that Qjet on the stage 1 had an EGR value if it was a 1973 motor or a 1973 carburetor.

@michaelmartinez1345

2 жыл бұрын

@Herbert Hart , great sugestion, for mid-range tuning.... Change the needles that move inside of the main jets on the primary side of the carb... They need to be slightly thinner when the m.a.p. is - during the carb. part-throttle position (cruising)....

@unclebob7937

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Herbert, was looking for this comment. I'm an old guy too, love the old Q-Jets but still a bit mystified with their tuning at times.

@HHH22229

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmartinez1345 In the 70’s, we had a Q-Jet carburetor shop in Flint which sold every jet size made, every needle size… primary and secondary for all Rochester carbs. The needles have a “XX” code stamped on them. They had a chart showing the end size diameter and the taper diameter, so you could pick out what size you thought you needed. We didn’t have O2 sensors then and tuning was by feel and sound. I was a 16 year old kid back then… fixing carburetor problems, doing tuneups and changing timing chains…

@michaelmartinez1345

2 жыл бұрын

@@HHH22229 that is awesome!!! These carbs are not so bad, and when properly set-up, they do quite well. I have done some tuning on 750 & 625 CFM Edelbrock (Carter) AFB's... Some with mechanical secondaries, some with vacuum secondaries.... The main thing that they needed were needle & jet changes for the primary barrels... For lower vacuum engines with aggressive cams, the lower tension 'staging springs' helped to bring them back into the right air/fuel ratios... Dialing in these carbs gave excellent results, when done AFTER the other changes were worked-out on the engines...

@throttlebottle5906

2 жыл бұрын

the best fix was always bolting on a good holley and tuning it properly.

The steel "turkey tray" intake gasket IS nice in the fact that it help keeps hot oil from splashing on the bottom of the intake and uselessly heating it up.

5007 foot pounds of torque 400 horsepower Nick you the man

I too am happy Nick got the numbers he wanted out of this Buick 455. Dallas Brown, a Buick Man and President of AHRA would be proud of you Nick for you’re tireless efforts getting this 455 Buick back in running order and to get the numbers you did. Nick, I am always impressed with you’re knowledge and efforts! 👍

The BB Buick is a monster. I have seen them build big HP and massive torque. The new Aluminum 455 block from TA Performance can be built to an easy 600 HP and 750 foot lbs of torque

NIce work, love the attention and care you put into each build/tune.! I'm just finding you now at the recommendation of the Buick forums...lucky me! I'm sitting in a 71 455GS that's been at my father's for the last 25 years. It's going to be time to rest-mod her next year. My father sourced parts that he said should put it at the 525#/500hp mark. Unfortunately he passed 3 years ago. Seems like I found a stellar builder to tackle the engine build. Luckily I'm in Central Vermont and you're only a few hours away!

When nick is happy you no your motor is more then happy.

Always so enjoyable to watch ! I have a thing for the 455 Buick engines. Thanks for this.

@NicksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

It's so cool watching these old Muscle Cars and their engines come to life ...I know the car makers make smaller engines with alot of HP , but nothing like the days of 440s, 454s,455s, 460s,427s, 400s, and all the rest from those days of the big blocks....just love your channel Nick ...yall show how it's supposed to be done . Plus you really work at getting all you can get from them . Nick, you make me want to get that old Ram Air 400 engine I got sitting in the garage out and get it rebuilt and running ....smile . Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you Nick ,Manny , and the whole Krew ...May we all be healthy ,happy ,and in Peace...God Bless You All ..

@MrJohnnyDistortion

5 ай бұрын

421

Good job Nick you turned that stage one into a Hemi killer, a lot of guys back in the day learned never to underestimate the 455 stage one.

@NicksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Imagine what we could have done with domed pistons and maybe a different cam?

471 views and 107 positive comments when I got here today. Nick, you should be proud! You deserve it.

@NicksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Way to go Nic !

I used to run 455's. All were .038 over with flat top TRW power forged pistons, zero deck, heads cut .100, custom grind cam was between stage 1 & 2, and big valve springs. If that isn't a big Q-jet power will suffer. They need 30 deg. of advance and at least 100 octane. I have a set of the 10:1 pistons in the garage, somewhere.

I was 8 yrs old. My uncle had just bought a GS Stager 1 off the showroom floor 3 months before we came for a visit. I can still remember feeling my little nuts go into my gut when he jumped on the go pedal. I was hooked from that day on.

I've always loved the Buick GS cars and the even rarer GSXs!!! Those Stage 455's were just absolutely beasts when it comes to the torque they made! I just know you'll get the best you can out of this block Nick!!!! When you look up perseverance in the dictionary you see a picture of Nick smiling right next to the word!!! Lol! I like those headers,they look pretty sharp! I noticed you're using the stock quadrajet instead of your usual demon or Holley dyno carb,i bet you'd probably pick up the numbers you want with it much easier. George is hysterical with his editing and music score! Lol!

That Buick was a real head scratcher ! Some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you! Bill from Linglestown Pennsylvania

@NicksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

But Nick eats bears for breakfast. 😉

My favorite part 26:22, watching the big secondary's on the q-jet progressively open, and start flowing fuel like a water fall.

That's awesome. So he actually had his torch numbers in the first run. Love how Nick didn't give up and got the hp numbers he was looking for too. Nick sir you're awesome.

The skylarks were beautifull. Buick is a cut above, the feel, the smell, the quality is up a notch.

What I was looking at is how flat the torque was from 2900 rpm all the way to 4100. That will be a fun engine to drive in a cruiser. I drove a Buick Electra 225 for a bit and lived it.

Just remember that when you advance timing reset the Idle.

Mr. Nick you and Manny have become my gear head mentors. My father is a great man but was never knowledgeable in the realm of automotive maintenance and repair. You two are enhancing my baseline on stoichiometrics, Compression Ratios, Horse Power verses Torque, Displacement (Net HP), and Torsion. Gentlemen thank you

It's pretty impressive! I like the Old Buicks quite a bit. I grew up in the 70s and I had a half dozen Older Racers and Builders who were VERY KIND to me. Some started out as Dealer Mechs and Some were just Straight Up Dirt Track and Drag Racers. They taught me TONS about diagnosing issues, how to make cheap HP or cheap Torque and how to skin the other kids at the track! Every little town or neighborhood needs a "Nick" where a kid can push a broom at a garage to learn or buy a guy a coke and get an answer to a question!

Have a 430 Buick in my GS. It is 8.38 cr, stock pistons , crank ,rods. Has a KB 107 cam with B4B manifold holding a stock QJ. Runs thru a 3500 stall converter to a TH 400. Run a 12 bolt with 4.10 gears. Puts down 422 rear wheel HP.

Suspense! I'm thinking advancing the cam 2° to get the 180 compression. Gasket match intake and heads to compensate for the planed heads and intake. Nick fixes it all with patience and 2° of timing, and the joy of reaching the goal. Hallelujah, perfect!

I raced a 455" (actually .030 over 462") in a 72 GS back in the late 80's. I was one of TA Performance's early customers, and one of the first people to run Mike's SP1 intake and aluminum roller rockers. I ran a 9.5:1 TRW dished piston with steel Stage 1 heads that I ported myself. I decked the block .040 to raise the compression. Also ran Kenne Bell headers, valves, valve springs and a C-113 hydraulic cam. Car ran mid-elevens at 115 mph with a turbo 400, 3500 stall converter, 4.56 gears and 12" slicks. I also ditched the factory rear suspension and put an Alston street 4-link in it. Hooked like a monster. 1.5 second 60' times. It was a real nice sleeper. Miss that car bad.

Buicks were light nice engines lots of HP

Ea$iest mod on bbb455 is Aluminum edelbrock manifold; most important is TA performance timing cover

I wish I got to listen to music all day.... love it the tones

Great job as always

Try TA Performance in Phoenix Arizona if you haven't for your Buick builds, Stage 1's and above. Happy to see you hit 400HP! 👍

Thanks Nick!!!!

Nick is the man when it comes to repairing and building muscle car engines no doubt

Good job Nick! Thanks for sharing.

Nice job buddy!!

Take a 1/2 to a quart if oil out. Keep it on the low side of the dip stick. Surprisingly, it works

Very good numbers for a Buick. It will be fun on the road.

Buicks and Oldsmobile 400+ cube engines were big torque makers not top end power makers from the factory. That 455 is perfect with a 3.42 rear gear in a 3500-3800 lb. street car!

@totalyep

2 жыл бұрын

They make decent power too. The torque makes them a lot of fun on the street. I have a 442 and a GSX and they are more fun to drive than anything else I own. The engines are very smooth too compared to a Mopar 440.

@jimbosc

2 жыл бұрын

Also could pull some tree stumps.

@BuzzLOLOL

2 жыл бұрын

Chrysler 440 also a torque engine with stock torque peak down around 2500 RPMs... HP peak by 4600...

@totalyep

2 жыл бұрын

@BuzzLOLOL yeah. I have a 68 rt charger with a 440 and it has some torque but it comes on higher than the w30 455 or the GSX. The 440 is cool but not as smooth of an engine. My w30 is faster than my charger and both engines have been professionally built and tuned. The 442 has a 3.91 vs a 3.54 in the charger which probably helps it.

@LR-my2di

2 жыл бұрын

@@totalyep BTW, there was a 70 car GSX reunion and parade at last May's GS Nats. in KY. It was all covered in a recent issue of HMM.

I was there! My Brother had a 69 383 road runner. The GS was a monster!

Sweet engine. Interesting process. Nick's a machine!!!

Love your determination and engine knowledge great channel 👍

Love the videos Nick! Thank you!

Great content thanks for sharing

Merry Christmas Nick!

hard to believe nick working on the crysler killa. great job nick. thanks dude for the use of the great 455 buick. enough torque to clean the streets now,,,

When the fuel evaporates right you get charge air cooling and higher air flow volume. I was thinking about controlling the flap with a port temperature probe tuning for the coldest gas at the port.

Sweet job Nick...

The colder the room is the better that motor will perform

Dr. Nick, thanks for the part 2 on the Buick 455, and George awesome video, and good choice of music, and my I say Merry Christmas to all, cheers.

@NicksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Merry Christmas, Eric.

Right on Nick!!!👍

nice job! Merry Christmas to you and the guys!

Very nice. Good job, Nick.

Enjoy watching your show Nick! Keep up the good work.

First motor i built myself was a 455 buick I cut down heads 60 thousandths dish pistons with crower adjustable push rods never had it dynoed short tail turbo 400 3:73 twelvebolt in a 68 GS California 👌 it was fast af killing ninja bikes from light to light 🚦

Good job Nick, I love that can do attitude👍

Nick: I just found your KZread site last week, and I'm hooked. I find your content and superb narration spot on. Furthermore, I'm an old school muscle car junkie. My pride and joy is my 1962 Corvette that I purchase in March 1968. I've had it longer than I have had my kids. It's been my daily driver for over fifty-six years.

@NicksGarage

6 ай бұрын

Welcome to the channel, Larry. Glad you found us.

That intake is horrible and heavy lol. The stock exhaust manifolds are very good. My 70 Buick has an 850 DP Holley and a T/A intake with a big cam, Hooker headers and a dual 3" exhaust. It's an animal. :) Great video BTW! Thanks!

well done Nick! i LOVE your channel!

Good to see nick get the numbers he was looking for after fighting the 455 well deserved nick excellent video like always George an thanks for sharing with all of us an merry Christmas to nick an his crew an happy new year an may god bless you all

Love this channel

Since Nick is a MOPAR guy it would be cool to see him put test a Chrysler Big Block tunnel Ram on the Buick. Kenne Bell used to sell an adapter kit.

Buick has been the “Dark Horse” for the early 70’s ,everyone looked to Chevy and Pontiac for muscle. Buick for the Win👍 this was my favorite video Great Job Nick.

@peterrivney552

2 жыл бұрын

Myself Buick '70 455 Stage 1 & Oldsmobile '66 425 I had my 425 punched 40 over and the '70 stick grind W-30 328 duration camshaft 11:1 pistons edeblbrock torker single plane intake aline bore and balance putting out gust over 500 HP mind you heads were ported & exhaust polished as well and they are the '70 "F" head's connecting rods were polished and shot peened as well as chambering all the oiling system and removing castings dimples in the valley of the block and inside the heads for the oil return.

Another great Monday 👍, great job Nick and thank you George !

Nick, I admire you for being so involved & connecting yourself with your engines. I feel that way about my engines. Almost obsessed sometimes. Good job man!

Excellent!!

Another great video Nick.. 🏆🏆

Great final outcome! Nick pulled another rabbit out of bag of tricks. I wish everyone at Indy auto and everyone else here a Merry Christmas! It's been a fun year here visiting Nick's garage with all of you!!!

Very solid numbers Nick great job👍👍👍👍👍

Enjoyed!!!

Nice work Nick! I really like the Dyno videos

Good Job Nick ! 👍

I knew you would figure it out great job as usual.

Good job Sir. Really enjoy watching your videos. Keep'em coming.

I almost guarantee your gonna hit those factory numbers! I have confidence in you guys!

I’d love to see this engine numbers with a redesigned , real fuel injected system , like newer cars . An actual fuel rail on each side , etc . I bet it would make 525 HP and 585 torque. But nice job considering what he’s working with .

Get yourself an adjustable timing set, or an offset bushing for the cam dowel pin, and advance the cam timing a frw degrees, that'll raise the cranking PSI numbers a bunch. These are fairly low RPM engines anyway, and would probably benefit from advancing the cam, as the engine would never get to the upper revs that advancing the cam would change. Use all that low and mid torque to move the car.

Good job Nick, way to persevere! And good job to you George, on your choice of music, I started looking for Christmas lights for a second!

I love these types of videos!

Nice work Nick. It's so awesome and interesting watching you work. Fantastic you got the numbers you wanted 👍

Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year, Nick and all the by's at Nick's Garage, from Newfoundland! 🎄🎅 Love your channel, never miss an episode. One of these days a visit to your shop is on my bucket list.

Love that quadrajet sound!!!

It's always a pleasure watching you're channel Nick. You finally cracked the 400 HP mark on the Buick engine. Thumbs 👍 up.❤️😃

Nice!! Merry Christmas! and stay safe!

@NicksGarage

2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas!

This was really cool. I just bought a 455 that was laying around a shop. I want to rebuild it to put into my 1950 Buick, so these videos with the Buick have really caught my attention. You being a Buick man, among other brands as well, I'm assuming you know about TA Performance. If not, they manufacture Buick engine parts down in Arizona. I would think they would have pistons. Anyway... great work! New subscriber! Wish you and yours a great holiday!

@nickpanaritis4122

2 жыл бұрын

I know TA Performance. We had to build this engine last year. I wish they had the pistons then. I have just bought the .036 Cometic gaskets from them. Great contact.

@JimBronson

2 жыл бұрын

Firefighter Uppy - no way man, I'd keep the straight 8 over the 455, assuming yours has a straight 8 now.

@OlGoodJoe

2 жыл бұрын

I live a couple miles from TA Performance. They're great people down there.

@davidsomerville7868

2 жыл бұрын

Look into doing a full frame swap for a project like that. Donor cars are '78-'88 RWD GM B-body. LeSabre, Delta 88, Caprice, Bonneville. You instantly obtain modern frame, suspension, brakes, wheel bolt pattern, fuel system and drive line configuration. Not to mention an engine bay that will now easily accept the V8.