Yesterday we told you to get your thinking cap on and identify an interesting piston that we found in the Icon piston booth here at SEMA 2013. Many of you shot us answers and several of you nailed it! The piston was for a 401ci Buick Nailhead and the guys at Icon said that they are selling them at a good clip to shops all over the world. While Chad may not necessarily be a fan of the Nailhead, I sure am and that big, beefy slug was proof positive that the iconic Buick engine will be a part of the hot rodding scene for a long time to come. To all of you that guessed right, congrats. Those those of you who didn’t we’re giving you a chance to redeem yourself today!
The photos below comes from our friends at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth. Between rebuilding the nitro burning hemi engines that provide the power for The Hard Guys Mustang funny car, they do all kinds of other jobs as well. This is a freshly completed engine that was buttoned up and ready for customer pickup. The motor is really cool and we thought we’d test you BangShift readers out to see if you can correctly identify it without any help. The obvious stuff that jumps right off the electronic page like the color, the fact that it will sports dual quads, and the lack of a fan clutch should at least give you some hint on the era it came from.
We’ll be back tomorrow with the answer to this one!
TEST YOUR GEARHEAD KNOWLEDGE AND IDENTIFY THIS ENGINE!
packard clipper v8
George, I think you nailed it.
1953-56 322 nailhead
Nailheads do not have siamese exhaust ports and the valve covers rails are near horizontal. There are a lot of similarities to this engine though such as the water crossover and the “spider” intake.
I was going to guess Early Cadillac but it’s just a guess.
It is a 1955-56 Packard V8.
Olds j-2 …. ??
It looks a lot like a 331 Cadillac to me, but the fuel pump and valve covers aren’t a match
lincoln 368?
Cadillac.
I also think George got her.
Packard. Caribbeans had the 2×4 available. ’55 & 56.
1955 was 352 and 1956 was 374 .
Engine also was factory for 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawks. That year only .
Caddy!
rambler
Packard, but what happened to the Packard script in the valve covers?