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Edelbrock RPM Olds 455 Head Porting
The scariest thing I ever did was port a set of new Edelbrock aluminum cylinder heads. My first attempt at porting any cylinder head. I raised the roof .200" and dropped the floor .040". It's best to leave the floor alone or raise it by filling with epoxy. Porting kit by Mondello.
My Custom Cruiser Oldsmobile 1981 Part 1 of 3
My review of my 1981 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser with only 90k original miles on it. It has the 5.7 Olds Diesel in it that runs great! It is completely loaded and in great condition. I am currently selling it soon and hope to give it to a new home. Feel free to ask any questions about it. I have been driving it daily for a few months now and want to get a diesel 4x4.
1971 Oldsmobile 442 Burnout 455 Olds Rocket REAL 442 NO POSI READ ABOUT THEM
YES THIS IS A REAL 442 AS VIN NUMBER 344871R...... WILL PROVE. ONE OF ONLY 6,285 HARDTOP 442'S MADE IN 1971. POSI TRACTION WAS ONLY STANDARD ON THE W-30S AND OPTIONAL ON THE REGULAR 442 SILLY AS IT SOUNDS. SO IF YOU TELL ME MINES NOT REAL WITH THE VIN# IDENTIFYING IT YOU DONT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOUR ARE TALKING ABOUT AND NEED TO READ UP ON THESE CARS. I DEACTIVATED COMMENTS FOR THIS VERY REASON. IT HAS THE ORIGINAL 3.08 REAR END OPTION G90. POSI TRACTION REARENDS WERE NEVER STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON REGULAR 442'S AT ANY POINT FROM 68-71 (442 WAS AN OPTION ON THE CUTLASS/F85 FROM 64-67 AND AGAIN IN 72). THE POSI WAS REQUIRED ON THE W-30. SO THIS 71 442 HAS OPTION G90 OPEN AXLE GEARED AT 3.08. Two Burnouts were recorded on different days Sept 1 and Sept 2,2007 and presented here out of sequence as yesterdays black mark is evident from the day before.
Olds 455 short drive after break in
Nothing crazy....just feeling out the engine after building it.
461 Olds
Arias pistons
425 7 inch rods
CN crank
A heads bone stock ports with fresh valves and springs
Comp Cams Xtreme Energy Cam
240/246 @ .050 duration
.541 .544 lift
I'll post some burnout vids and 1/4 mile results soon.
350 Swap in an Olds Custom Cruiser
This is the Stickman's 84 Olds 88 Custom Cruiser starting for the first time after having an olds 350 swapped in (stock was a BOP307). This is an oldsmobile 350, not a chevy350- no Exhaust yet at all.
OLDSMOBILE 455 W-43 EXPERIMENTAL HEMI AND OTHER EXOTIC ENGINES - THE JOHN BELTZ YEARS PHOTO TRIBUTE
John Beltz was Oldsmobile's chief engineer in 1964 and one of the prime movers of the Toronado and 442 project. Beltz was promoted to Oldsmobile general manager at age 43 in 1969 when Harold N. Metzel retired. Beltz passed away in May of 1972 from cancer at the age of 46.
John Beltz is leaning on a dual fan 455 Olds and posing with other experimental Olds engines that never saw production.
Here are descriptions of these engines:
1. The 0W-43 all aluminum 455 with 4 valve per cylinders, four overhead cam Weber engine. With a redline of just under 8,500rpm it was originally conceived for CAN AM racing. At 3,000rpm it put out 300hp and at 6,000rpm registered over 600hp. The top output recorded for this engine in the Lansing Dyno facility was 700 real hp at 6,800rpm. Tests were run with both carbueration and fuel injection. The block was cast from Reynolds 356 alloy and fitted with pressed-in dry steel cylinder liners for the Forged-True 12.20to 1 pistons. Billet steel connecting rods by Carillo was used along with a forged steel crank. The engine weighed in at 50 pounds lighter than the production 455 motor! It was developed at the same time as the ZL-1 Chevy 427 motor.
2. The W-43 4 valve per cylinder 455 developed by JOHN BELTZ , LLOYD GILL , JOE JONES AND FRANK BALL. Rated at 500-550hp with a single Rochester Quadrajet on an aluminum manifold. Constructed with both cast iron heads and block and with aluminum-alloy block and heads 75 pounds lighter than the conventional 455 production engine. Engine featured four valves per cylinder with narrowed angles for a super efficient combustion chamber design, central spark plugs and could easily be adapted for chain for gear driven overhead camshafts. 455 engine had 4.625inch cylinder centers, a 4.125 bore and 4.250 stroke. Making use of the 3inch main bearings and 2.50 inch rod journals, the engine was fitted with a specially prepared cast crank fitted with SAE-1140 forged steel rods, forged 10.20-to-1 pistons which rode on Morraine 400 bearings. Four bolt main block boasted 2 additional 5/8inch drain holes. Four valve heads featured 1.750inch intake valves (SAE-8640 steel) with 22 degree stems and 1.375 Exhaust (214-N stainless steel) with 15 degree stems, special Stellite seats, bronze alloy guides, o ring plug tubes, 14mm spark plugs, 3/8 inch pushrods and aluminum rocker arms. (Of all the experimental Olds engines, this one came the closest to production and there are photos of this engine in street gear. MAY 71 HOT ROD MAGAZINE features some of these engines and the sadness of the Olds engineers of that time of how they would never be released.)
3. 455 dual turbocharged CAN AM ROCKET CHALLENGE. 659hp @ 6250rpm. 554lbs torque @ 6,250 rpm. Alloy block with 4 bolt mains. Forged steel crankshaft. Forged True pistons with 8.5 to 1 compression. 3inch main journals. 2.499inch rod journals. Carillo billet steel rods. alloy heads. 2inch intake valves. 1.625inch Exhaust valves. Crower roller camshaft with 555inch lift and 320 degrees duration. Dual TRW-375-E-10 turbochargers with Boost Wastegate 10and 1/2psi. Lucas fuel injection. Olds alloy intake.
Competed with big block Chevy Mclarens and Porsche Panzers in CAN AM racing circa 68-69.
This video is merely a couple of old magazine pages strung together with the exception of that blue 455 hemi which was found on the internet. Thats BRUCE MCLAREN in that green can am race car which is Olds powered. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO JOHN BELTZ IS POSING WITH SOME ENGINES FEATURED IN THE JULY 1969 ISSUE OF HOT ROD MAGAZINE AND THE BLUE OLDSMOBILE 455 HEMI WAS FEATURED IN THE MAY 1971 ISSUE OF HOT ROD MAGAZINE. The incidental music I overlayed onto this video was muted by youtube.
1988 olds custom cruiser project the youtube sleeper wagon ( read description )
1988 oldsmobile custom cruiser 307 v8 runs unusually strong ran some 16.30s stock suprised tha hell outta me factory 3.23 gears with factory limited slip diff delta 88 mentioned in video ran 16.70s with 2.14 gears and an open diff with a stock 307 i want you guys to tell me lil tricks i might try on this custom cruiser i will try any ideas that sound interesting that i think might work so in a sense tis is not only my project car its yours to since you have a say in what gets done to it as far as i know i might be the first to do something like this that being said i think ill call this the youtube sleeper wagon
sleeper wagon oldsmobile 350 rocket.
78 station wagon i bought for $50 and blew the tiny v6 oops so i found this 350 olds rocket lying in my grandpas barn and stuffed it in the car upgraded to 11.5:1 compression this thing should fly in the near future.
Oldsmobile 455 suspension test and launch
This is a quick test I did to see how the rear suspension would react after making some extensive alterations to it. I wanted it to "lift" and plant the rear tires.
