HEAD SURGERY

A little slicing here and there, and you can put V8 heads on six-bangers—either straight or V-type

Text and photos by John Thawley

The ingenious hot rodder is still around; he’s just harder to find under that avalanche of readily available bolt-on goodies which are vacuum-packed and sold everywhere but the corner drug store. Here are a couple of examples which show the merits of thinking for yourself in an effort to gain some more horsepower. The first bit of “head surgery” is the handiwork of Brian Chuchua, major-domo of the Jeep world of Southern California. Realizing that the Jeep V6 once belonged to Buick and that many of the parts were interchangeable with the Buick V8, Brian went to work to determine the best parts-swapping route to more horsepower. With a bit of measuring, it was determined that “the plan” was to take a pair of 340 Buick V8 heads, lock them in…

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Hot Rod (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 1969

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