The correct gold painted 350 V8 was completely rebuilt and includes the correctly coded Q-Jet carburetor, the "5" casting cylinder heads and the super rare W31 only harmonic balancer. Steve's full Rocket Report and certificate are available to get all the down and dirty specifics. Here'...
As part of our automotive engineering failures series, Popular Mechanics is rounding up the most dismal design failures in automotive history. Today: The Oldsmobile diesel engines of the 1970s and 80s.
Vehicle Description This 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 Resto-Mod convertible is powered by a 350ci V8 Chevrolet engine mated to a TH350 automatic transmission with stall speed converter and shift kit. This 442 has an Edelbrock intake carburetor, Blueprint cylinder heads, long-tube headers,...
Lifting the hood reveals where things become serious with this Oldsmobile. It rolled off the line equipped with a 400ci V8 and a four-speed manual transmission. With 350hp at the driver’s disposal, it would have stormed the ¼ mile in an impressive 14.4 seconds. However, this car should...
was reserved for only coupes and sedans, with the ’77 coupe outselling the sedan by a margin of 7 to 1 at 125,000 copies. These automobiles were offered with a variety of V6 and V8 engines and this car’s VIN verifies the one under the hood is the Rocket 350 eight-cylinder. ...
including the seller’s Starfire. Olds would use theStarfirenameplate on full-size cars in the 1950s/1960s before the H-body derivative came along. The 1970s Starfire was the smallest Oldsmobile car to use a 4-cylinder engine. With its newly approved quad rectangular headlamps, the H-bodies...